ἐπιλήθω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[cause to forget]], <b class="b3">ὁ γάρ τ' [ὕπνος]</b> <b class="b3">ἐπέλησεν ἁπάντων</b> [[laps one in forgetfulness]] of all, <span class="bibl">Od.20.85</span>; [[ἡδονὴ]] σφέας ἐπιλήθουσα τῶν πάρος <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">CD</span>2.12</span>; ἐπιλήσει σε ἀφροδισίων <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">Ep.</span>68</span>:—Pass., to [[be forgotten]], in pf. part. ἐπιλελησμένος <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Is.</span>23.16</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>12.6</span>: fut. -λησθήσομαι <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Wi.</span>2.4</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span>. Med., ἐπιλανθάνομαι, or more commonly ἐπιλήθομαι, Aeol. and Dor. -λᾱθ- Alc.<span class="title">Supp.</span>25.6, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>146</span> (lyr.), fut. <b class="b3">-λήσομαι</b>: aor. 2 -ελᾰθόμην <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>17a</span>: late aor. 1 -ελήσατο <span class="bibl">Nonn.<span class="title">D.</span>48.969</span>: with pf. Act. λέληθα <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.46</span>, Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>(v.infr.), but more freq. Pass.-λέλησμαι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>188</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>631</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.26.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>75d</span>, al.: pipf. -ελελήσμην <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>605</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>73e</span>, al.:—[[let]] a thing [[escape]] one, [[forget]], [[lose thought]] [[of]], c.gen., <b class="b3">ὅπως Ἰθάκης ἐπιλήσεται</b> (Ep. aor. subj.) <span class="bibl">Od.1.57</span>; <b class="b3">οὐδ' ὁ</b> γέρων δολίης ἐπελήθετο τέχνης <span class="bibl">4.455</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>560</span>; <b class="b3">οὐδ' ὣς σχεδίης</b> ἐπελήθετο <span class="bibl">Od.5.324</span>; <b class="b3">γονέων ἐπιλάθεται</b> (Dor.) <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>146</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.26.1</span>, etc.; ὑπ' αὐτῶν ὀλίγου ἐμαυτοῦ ἐπελαθόμην Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span> l.c.: prov., Μαλέας δὲ κάμψας ἐπιλάθου τῶν οἴκαδε <span class="bibl">Str.8.6.20</span>: c.acc., <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.46</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>265</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>631</span>; ὑπὸ χρόνου τι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>73e</span>: c.inf., <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>853</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>563b</span>, <span class="bibl">Hyp.<span class="title">Lyc.</span>8</span>: c. part., <b class="b3">ὀφείλων ἐπιλέλᾱθα</b> I [[forgot]] [[that]] I owed, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>10(11).3</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>188</span>: with a Prep., <b class="b3">ἐ. περὶ</b> τῶν πεπραγμένων <span class="bibl">And.1.148</span>; <b class="b3">περὶ οὗ... περὶ ὅτου . .</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>334d</span>, <span class="bibl">336d</span>; [[leave disregarded]], [[neglect]], πρόσταγμα <span class="bibl">Ceb.24</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span>. less freq., [[forget wilfully]], τῶν ἐντολέων μεμνημένος ἐπελανθάνετο <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.147</span>; [[ἑκὼν]] ἐπιλήθομαι <span class="bibl">Id.4.43</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">3.75</span>, <span class="bibl">Aeschin.1.158</span>.</span>