λανθάνω

λανθάνω, Pi.Fr.75.13, etc.:—also [full] λήθω (which is the form of the [voice] Act. generally used in compds., δια-λανθάνω being the sole exception), Il.23.323, S.OT1325 (lyr.), X.Smp.4.48; [dialect] Dor. [full] λάθω [pron. full] [ᾱ] S.El. 222 (lyr.); inf.

A

λᾱθέμεν Pi.O.1.64

: [tense] impf.

ἐλάνθανον Il.13.721

, etc.;

ἔληθον Od.19.151

, S.El.1359; [dialect] Ep.

λῆθον Il.15.461

; [dialect] Ion.

λήθεσκεν 24.13

: [tense] fut.

λήσω Od.11.102

, Ar.Ec.98, etc.; [dialect] Aeol.inf.

λᾱσην Alc.Supp.22.8

; [dialect] Dor.

λᾱσῶ Theoc.14.9

, al., so (in late writers) λήσομαι, v. infr. c. 11: [tense] aor. 1

ἔλησα Nic.Al.280

(but Hom. has ἐπ-έλησα, Alc. ἐξ-έλᾱσα, in causal sense): [tense] aor. 2

ἔλᾰθον Il.17.676

, etc. (for λέλᾰθον, v. infr. B): [tense] pf.

λέληθα Semon.7.9

, Sol.13.27; [dialect] Aeol.part.

λελᾱθων Alc.Supp.26.8

: [tense] plpf. ἐλελήθειν, [dialect] Att. -ήθη, Th.8.33, Ar.Eq.822, Nu.380, Luc.Pr.Im. 15; [dialect] Ion.[ per.] 3sg.

ἐλελήθεε Hdt.6.79

.

B causal [full] ληθάνω, [tense] aor. 2 λέλᾰθον, v. infr. B.

C [voice] Med. and [voice] Pass.,

λανθάνομαι Arist.Po.1455a25

(s.v.l.),

λήθομαι Il.11.790

, A.Ag.39; [dialect] Dor. λάθομαι [ᾱ] Pi.O.8.72: [dialect] Ep. [tense] impf.

λανθανόμην Od.12.227

: [tense] fut.

λήσομαι 1.308

; [dialect] Dor.

λᾱσεῦμαι Theoc.4.39

, also

λελήσομαι E.Alc.198

: [tense] aor. 1 ἐλησάμην or λησάμην only in late [dialect] Ep., Maiist.47, Mosch.3.62 ([dialect] Dor. λᾱς-), Q.S.3.99, etc.; also ἐλήσθην, [dialect] Dor. inf.

λασθῆμεν Theoc.2.46

, cf. διαλανθάνω: [tense] aor. 2 ἐλᾰθόμην, [dialect] Ep. λαθ-, Il.13.835, E.Hipp.289: rare in Prose exc. in compds., Plu.Caes.38; also [dialect] Ep. redupl. λελάθοντο, etc., v. infr. c: [tense] pf.

λέλησμαι S.El.342

, Pl.Phdr.252a; [dialect] 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, escape his notice,

λάθε δ' Ἕκτορα Il.22.277

;

οὐδέ σε λήσει 23.326

;

οὐ λῆθε Διὸς πυκινὸν νόον 15.461

, cf. Od.11.102, al.; [

τοῦτον] οὐκ ἔστι λαθεῖν ὄμματα φωτός A.Ag. 796

(anap.);

οὐ λάθει μ' ὀργά S.El.222

(lyr.), cf. Ph.207 (lyr.);

τουτί μ' ἐλελήθειν Ar.Nu.380

; εἰ λανθάνει σε perhaps you don't know, Men. Sam.78: impers., λεληθέναι οὐ θαυμάζω τὸ πλῆθος περὶ τούτου it escaped the notice of 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 λείβων Od.8.93

, cf. 12.17, 220, 19.88, al., Pi.O.1.64, 6.36, Hdt.8.25: freq. in Trag. and [dialect] 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 ὤν S.OT415

;

δουλεύων λέληθας Ar.V. 517

;

συνέβη δὲ ὑπερημέρῳ γενομένῳ λαθεῖν D.21.89

: the reflex. Pron. may be supplied and is sts. added,

λέληθεν αὑτὸν τοῖς ξυνοῦσιν ὢν βαρύς S.Fr.103

;

ἕως σαυτὸν λάθοις διαρραγείς Ar.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] ἔχων Hdt.8.5

; μὴ διαφθαρεὶς λάθῃ [τινὰ ὁ βίος] S.Ph.506;

μὴ λάθῃ [ἡμᾶς] φύγδα βάς A.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' ἐξέπινες S.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 δοῦναι Plu.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 escape the gods' notice in . . , Hdt.8.106;

οὔκουν με . . οἷα πράττεις λανθάνει Ar.Eq.465

; οὐ λανθάνεις με, ὅτι . . X.Mem.3.5.24, cf. Smp.3.6, 13; ὁ γείτων λ. τινὰ οὐ μόνον ὅτι πράττει, ἀλλ' εἰ . . Pl.Tht.174b.

5 abs., escape notice or detection, S.Tr.455, Th.1.37, 69, al.;

λάθε βιώσας Epicur.Fr.551

;

λανθάνει τὸ οὖρον προσπῖπτον Hp.Coac.464

.

B causal, make one forget a thing, c. gen. rei, in compds. ἐκληθάνω, ἐπι-λήθω; the simple Verb only in [dialect] Ep. redupl. [tense] aor. 2, ὄφρα . . λελάθῃ ὀδυνάων that . . he may cause him to forget his pains, Il.15.60;

πόλιν λελάθοιτε συντυχιᾶν Lyr.Adesp.140.9

: but

II in late [dialect] Ep., λέλαθον, = ἔλαθον, escaped notice of, ἑὸν νόον, τοκῆας, A.R.2.226, 3.779, cf. Orph.A.876.

C [voice] Med. and [voice] Pass., let a thing escape one, forget,

1 forget simply, in [tense] pres. (abs.),

σὺ δὲ λήθεαι Il.11.790

: c. gen.,

Κίρκης μὲν ἐφημοσύνης . . λανθανόμην Od.12.227

, cf. Pi.O.8.72;

οὔ ποτε λήσομαι αὐτῶν Od.1.308

;

ἄλγος, οὗ ποτ' οὐ λελήσεται E.Alc.198

: mostly in [tense] aor. 2,

ἀλκῆς λαθέσθαι A.Supp.731

;

νόστου τε λαθέσθαι Od.9.97

; πῶς ἂν . . Ὀδυσῆος . . λαθοίμην; 1.65: also in redupl. [tense] aor.,

οὐδὲ σέθεν . . θεοὶ μάκαρες λελάθοντο Il.4.127

;

μή τίς μοι ἀπειλάων λελαθέσθω 16.200

;

οὐ δυνάμην λελαθέσθ' Ἄτης 19.136

(but in Hes.Th.471 like the [voice] Act., ὅπως λελάθοιτο τεκοῦσα that she might bear unknown): so in [tense] pf.,

τῶν δὲ λέλασται Il.5.834

;

ἐμεῖο λελασμένος 23.69

;

κείνου λελῆσθαι S. El.342

, etc.;

ἑταίρων πάντων λέλησται Pl.Phdr.252a

: with a relat. clause,

λελασμένος ὅσσ' ἐπεπόνθει Od.13.92

: [tense] fut. [voice] 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 λήθομαι A.Ag.39

.

II in later writers [tense] fut. [voice] Med. is used like [voice] Act., escape notice,

ἡμᾶς Arist.APr.66a31

, cf. A.R.3.737, Luc.Sacr.14: abs., Alciphr.3.52