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|lshtext=<b>lētum</b>: ([[sometimes]] written lēthum, from a supposed [[connection]] [[with]] [[λήθη]]), i, n. acc. to Varr. L. L. 7, § 42 Müll., and Paul. ex Fest. p. 115 Müll., from [[λήθη]]; [[more]] prob. acc. to Prisc. p. 665 and 898 P., from leo, [[whence]] also [[deleo]]; [[root]] lī-; cf. Sanscr. vi-lī, to [[dissolve]]; Gr. [[λίμνη]], [[λιμήν]], [[λοιμός]].<br /><b>I</b> [[death]] ([[ante]]-[[class]]., and in the [[class]]. [[period]] [[mostly]] [[poet]].): [[ollus]] apparet in funeribus indictivis, cum dicitur: [[ollus]] [[leto]] [[datus]] est (qs. [[was]] given up to [[oblivion]]), Varr. L. L. 7, § 42 Müll.—The [[phrase]] [[leto]] [[datus]], [[dead]]: [[leto]] [[dare]], to [[kill]], [[often]] occurs: sos [[leto]] datos divos habento, Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22: quorum [[liberi]] [[leto]] dati sunt in [[bello]], Enn. ap. Non. 15, 13 (Trag. v. 378 Vahl.): qui te [[leto]] dabit, Pac. ib. 355, 18 (Trag. Rel. p. 79 Rib.); Verg. A. 5, 806; 11, 172; 12, 328; Ov. H. 2, 147: utrumque [[largus]] [[leto]] dedit ingenii [[fons]], Juv. 10, 119; Phaedr. 1, 21, 9; 3, 16, 18: [[letum]] [[inimico]] deprecer, Enn. ap. Gell. 6, 16, 10 (Trag. v. 162 Vahl.): [[emortuus]] [[leto]] [[malo]], Plaut. Aul. 4, 5, 1: [[letum]] sibi consciscere, id. Mil. 4, 6, 26: responde, quo [[leto]] censes ut peream, id. Merc. 2, 4, 15: [[leto]] offerre [[caput]], Lucr. 3, 1041: mortis letique [[potitus]], id. 4, 766: [[eodem]] sibi [[leto]], quo [[ipse]] interisset, esse pereundum, Cic. Div. 1, 26, 56: turpi [[leto]] perire, id. Att. 10, 10, 5: ferre (alicui), Verg. A. 11, 872: [[leto]] sternendus, id. ib. 8, 566: sibi parere manu, id. ib. 6, 434: ostentant omnia [[letum]], Cat. 64, 187: [[leto]] jam [[mala]] finissem, Tib. 2, 6, 19: [[leto]] adimere aliquem, to [[save]] from [[death]], Hor. C. 3, 22, 3: [[leto]] se eripere, Verg. A. 2, 134: pari [[leto]] affici, Nep. Reg. 3, 2: me [[pessimo]] [[leto]] adficere, Liv. 22, 53, 11: [[novo]] genere leti mergi, id. 1, 51, 9; 2, 40, 10: oppetere, id. 45, 26.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Personified: [[consanguineus]] Leti Sopor, Verg. A. 6, 278. —<br /><b>II</b> Transf., of inanim, subjects, [[ruin]], [[destruction]] ([[poet]]. for [[interitus]]): tenues Teucrum res eripe [[leto]], Verg. A. 5, 690; cf.: tum me, [[Juppiter]] Optime Maxime, domum, familiam remque meam [[pessimo]] [[leto]] afficias, Liv. 12, 53, 11.
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