λήθαιος
ἢ τοὺς πότους ἐρεῖς δῆλον ὅτι καὶ τὰ δεῖπνα καὶ ἐσθῆτα καὶ ἀφροδίσια, καὶ δέδιας μὴ τούτων ἐνδεὴς γενόμενος ἀπόλωμαι. οὐκ ἐννοεῖς δὲ ὅτι τὸ μὴ διψῆν τοῦ πιεῖν πολὺ κάλλιον καὶ τὸ μὴ πεινῆν τοῦ φαγεῖν καὶ τὸ μὴ ῥιγοῦν τοῦ ἀμπεχόνης εὐπορεῖν; → There you'll go, talking of drinking and dining and dressing up and screwing, worrying I'll be lost without all that. Don't you realize how much better it is to have no thirst, than to drink? to have no hunger, than to eat? to not be cold, than to possess a wardrobe of finery? (Lucian, On Mourning 16)
English (LSJ)
or ληθαῖος, α, ον, (λήθη)
A of or causing forgetfulness, πτερόν, of Sleep, Call.Del.234; σκότος Lyc.1127, etc. 2 of persons, oblivious, opp. ἔμφρων, S.E.M.7.129. II of or from Lethe, ἄκατος AP9.279 (Bass.); v.λήθη 11. III λ. λίθος, = μελιτίτης λ., Ps.-Dsc.476 ed. Sarac.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
λήθαιος: ἢ ληθαῖος, α, ον, (λήθη) ἀνήκων εἰς τὴν λήθην ἢ ἐμποιῶν λήθην, ἐπίληθος, ἐπιληστικός, λησμονητικός, ληθαῖον ὕπνου πτερόν, τὸ λήθην τῶν κακῶν ἐμποιοῦν, Καλλ. εἰς Δῆλ: 234· σκότος Λυκόφρ. 1127· πόμα Συνέσ. κτλ. 2) ἐπὶ προσώπων, ἐπιλήσμων, ἐναντίον τοῦ ἔμφρων, Σέξτ. Ἐμπ. π. Μ. 7. 129· ΙΙ. ἐκ τῆς Λήθης, ἄκατος Ἀνθ. Π. 9. 279· ἴδε λήθη ΙΙ.
