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Lethaeus
Lethaeus
Latin
Adjective
Lēthaeus m (feminine Lēthaea, neuter Lēthaeum); first/second declension
- of or pertaining to Lethe, Lethean
- of the underworld, of the infernal regions
- Lethaei dii.
- Gods of the underworld.
- Lethaea vincula abrumpere alicui.
- To bring one from the Lower World back to life.
- Lethaei dii.
- causing forgetfulness or sleepiness
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | Lēthaeus | Lēthaea | Lēthaeum | Lēthaeī | Lēthaeae | Lēthaea | |
| genitive | Lēthaeī | Lēthaeae | Lēthaeī | Lēthaeōrum | Lēthaeārum | Lēthaeōrum | |
| dative | Lēthaeō | Lēthaeō | Lēthaeīs | ||||
| accusative | Lēthaeum | Lēthaeam | Lēthaeum | Lēthaeōs | Lēthaeās | Lēthaea | |
| ablative | Lēthaeō | Lēthaeā | Lēthaeō | Lēthaeīs | |||
| vocative | Lēthaee | Lēthaea | Lēthaeum | Lēthaeī | Lēthaeae | Lēthaea | |
See also
- Ianitor Lethaeus (the watchdog of ****)
References
- Lethaeus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Lethaeus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Lethaeus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.