λανθάνω, λήθω, ipf. (ἐ)λάνθανον, ἔληθον, λῆθεν, iter. λήθεσκε, fut. λήσω, aor. 2 ἔλαθον, λάθον, subj. redupl. λε-λάθῃ, mid. λήθομαι, ipf. λανθανόμην, aor. 2 λάθετο, redupl. λελάθοντο, opt. 3 pl. λαθοίατο, imp. redupl. λελαθέσθω, perf. λέλασται, part. λελασμένοσ: I. act., escape the notice of, τινά, the obj. of the Greek verb usually appearing as the subj. in Eng., οὐδέ σε λήθω, nor dost thou ever fail to mark me, Il. 1.561, Od. 17.305; the thing that one does when somebody else fails to mark him is regularly expressed by the part., ἄλλον πού τινα μᾶλλον Ἀχαιῶν χαλκοχιτώνωνλήθω μαρνάμενος, σὲ δὲ fιδμεναι αὐτὸν ὀῖ́ω, another perchance is likely enough to overlook my prowess, but you know it right well, Il. 13.272. The learner cannot afford to be careless about the above meaning and construction. Sometimes w. ὅτι or ὅπως, ὅτε, Il. 17.626. The redupl. aor. is causative, make to forget;τινά τινοσ, Il. 15.60.—II. mid., forget;τινός, Δ 127, Od. 3.224.
λανθάνω, Pi.Fr.75.13, etc.:— also λήθω (which is the form of the Act. generally used in compds., δια-λανθάνω being the sole exception), Il.23.323, S.OT1325 (lyr.), X.Smp.4.48; Dor. λάθω[ᾱ]S.El. 222 (lyr.); inf.λᾱθέμενPi.O.1.64: impf.ἐλάνθανονIl.13.721, etc.; ἔληθονOd.19.151, S.El.1359; Ep. λῆθονIl.15.461; Ion. λήθεσκεν 24.13: fut.λήσωOd.11.102, Ar.Ec.98, etc.; Aeol.inf.λᾱ́σηνAlc.Supp.22.8; Dor. λᾱσῶTheoc.14.9, al., so (in late writers) λήσομαι, v. infr. c. 11: aor. 1ἔλησαNic.Al.280 (but Hom. has ἐπ-έλησα, Alc.ἐξ-έλᾱσα, in causal sense): aor. 2ἔλᾰθονIl.17.676, etc. (for λέλᾰθον, v. infr. B): pf.λέληθαSemon.7.9, Sol.13.27; Aeol.part.λελᾱ́θωνAlc.Supp.26.8: plpf.ἐλελήθειν, Att. -ήθη, Th.8.33, Ar.Eq.822, Nu.380, Luc.Pr.Im. 15; Ion.3sg.ἐλελήθεεHdt.6.79. B. causal ληθάνω, aor. 2λέλᾰθον, v. infr. B.C. Med. and Pass., λανθάνομαιArist.Po.1455a25 (s.v.l.), λήθομαιIl.11.790, A.Ag.39; Dor. λάθομαι [ᾱ] Pi.O.8.72: Ep. impf.λανθανόμηνOd.12.227: fut.λήσομαι 1.308; Dor. λᾱσεῦμαιTheoc.4.39, also λελήσομαιE.Alc.198: aor. 1ἐλησάμην or λησάμην only in late Ep., Maiist.47, Mosch.3.62 (Dor. λᾱσ-), Q.S.3.99, etc.; also ἐλήσθην, Dor. inf.λασθῆμενTheoc.2.46, cf. διαλανθάνω: aor. 2ἐλᾰθόμην, Ep. λαθ-, Il.13.835, E.Hipp.289: rare in Prose exc. in compds., Plu.Caes.38; also Ep. redupl. λελάθοντο, etc., v. infr. c: pf.λέλησμαιS.El.342, Pl.Phdr.252a; Ep. λέλασμαι, part.λελασμένοσ, etc.; cf. ἐπιλήθω. A. in most of the act. tenses,
escape notice
(freq. joined with a neg.):— Constr.: 1. c. acc. pers. only,
the people, X.Hier.2.5; σὲ δὲ λέληθεν περὶ τοῦτο ὡσ ..Pl.Lg.903c. 2. most freq. with a part. added, in which case we usually translate the part. by a Verb, and express λανθάνω by an Adv.,
unawares, without being observed
; either, a. c. acc. pers., ἄλλον τινὰ λήθω μαρνάμενοσ I
am unseen by
others while fighting, i.e. 1 fight
unseen
by them, Il.13.273; πάντας ἐλάνθανε δάκρυα λείβωνOd.8.93, cf. 12.17, 220, 19.88, al., Pi.O.1.64, 6.36, Hdt.8.25: freq. in Trag. and Att., μὴ λάθῃ με προσπεσών lest he come on
unseen
by me, S.Ph.46, cf. 156 (lyr.); ὅπως μὴ λήσουσιν αὐτοὺς αἱ νῆες ..ἀφορμηθεῖσαι should put to sea
without their observing
them, Th.8.10; or, b. without an acc., φονέα ἐλάνθανε βόσκων he maintained the murderer
unawares
, Hdt.1.44; λέληθας ἐχθρὸς ὤνS.OT415; δουλεύων λέληθασAr.V. 517; συνέβη δὲ ὑπερημέρῳ γενομένῳ λαθεῖνD.21.89: the reflex. Pron. may be supplied and is sts. added, λέληθεν αὑτὸν τοῖς ξυνοῦσιν ὢν βαρύσS.Fr.103; ἕως σαυτὸν λάθοις διαρραγείσAr.Pax32, cf. Nu.242, X.An.6.3.22: sts., however, a different object must be supplied from the context, βάλλοντες ἐλάνθανον (not ἑαυτούσ, but Τρῶασ) Il. 13.721; ἐλάνθανε [πάντας] ἔχωνHdt.8.5; μὴ διαφθαρεὶς λάθῃ [τινὰ ὁ βίοσ] S.Ph.506; μὴ λάθῃ [ἡμᾶς] φύγδα βάσA.Eu.256 (lyr.), cf. Th. 4.133, etc.— In a few examples this constr. is reversed, and λαθών is put in the part., as in our idiom, ἀπὸ τείχεος ἆλτο λαθών (for ἔλαθεν ἁλόμενοσ) Il.12.390; ἣ ..λήθουσά μ' ἐξέπινεσS.Ant.532. 3. rarely c. acc. et inf., μή σε λαθέτω ὑπερτιθέμεν
let it
not
escape
thee to .., i.e.
forget
not to .., Pi.P.5.23; ἔλαθεν αὐτὸν σύνθημα δοῦναιPlu.Arist. 17; σφᾶς λέληθε Θεόδωρον εἶναι
it has been unnoticed
that it was .., Paus.9.41.1. 4. folld. by a relat. clause, οὐδέ με λήθεις, ὅττι θεῶν τίς σ' ἦγε thou
escapest
me not,
it is
not
unknown
to me, that some god led thee, Il.24.563; οὐδέ ἑ λήθει, ὅππωσ ..23.323; ἐδόκεες θεοὺς λήσειν οἷα ἐμηχανῶ thou thought'st to
a thing, c. gen. rei, in compds. ἐκληθάνω, ἐπι-λήθω; the simple Verb only in Ep. redupl. aor. 2, ὄφρα ..λελάθῃ ὀδυνάων that ..he
may cause
him
to forget
his pains, Il.15.60; πόλιν λελάθοιτε συντυχιᾶνLyr.Adesp.140.9: but II. in late Ep., λέλαθον, = ἔλαθον,
escaped notice of
, ἑὸν νόον, τοκῆασ, A.R.2.226, 3.779, cf. Orph.A.876. C. Med. and Pass.,
let
a thing
escape one, forget
, 1.
forget
simply, in pres. (abs.), σὺ δὲ λήθεαιIl.11.790: c. gen., Κίρκης μὲν ἐφημοσύνης ..λανθανόμηνOd.12.227, cf. Pi.O.8.72; οὔ ποτε λήσομαι αὐτῶνOd.1.308; ἄλγος, οὗ ποτ' οὐ λελήσεταιE.Alc.198: mostly in aor. 2, ἀλκῆς λαθέσθαιA.Supp.731; νόστου τε λαθέσθαιOd.9.97; πῶς ἂν ..Ὀδυσῆος ..λαθοίμην; 1.65: also in redupl. aor., οὐδὲ σέθεν ..θεοὶ μάκαρες λελάθοντοIl.4.127; μή τίς μοι ἀπειλάων λελαθέσθω 16.200; οὐ δυνάμην λελαθέσθ' Ἄτησ 19.136 (but in Hes.Th.471 like the Act., ὅπως λελάθοιτο τεκοῦσα that she might bear
unknown
): so in pf., τῶν δὲ λέλασταιIl.5.834; ἐμεῖο λελασμένοσ 23.69; κείνου λελῆσθαιS.El.342, etc.; ἑταίρων πάντων λέλησταιPl.Phdr.252a: with a relat. clause, λελασμένος ὅσσ' ἐπεπόνθειOd.13.92: fut. Med. in pass. sense, once in S., οὐδέ ποτε λησόμενον οἷον ἔφυ κακόν never
will be forgotten, El.
1249 (lyr.); cf. ἐπιλανθάνω. 2.
forget purposely, pass over
, ἢ λάθετ' ἢ οὐκ ἐνόησεν either he
chose to forget it
.., Il.9.537; μαθοῦσιν αὐδῶ, κοὐ μαθοῦσι λήθομαιA.Ag.39. II. in later writers fut. Med. is used like Act.,