ληθάνω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Perhaps a cross of λήθω (lḗthō) and λανθάνω (lanthánō).^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lɛː.tʰá.nɔː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /le̝ˈtʰa.no/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /liˈθa.no/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /liˈθa.no/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /liˈθa.no/

Verb

ληθάνω • (lēthánō)

Epic form of λανθάνω (lanthánō)

Conjugation

Present: ληθᾰ́νω, ληθᾰ́νομαι (Epic, causative)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ληθᾰ́νω	ληθᾰ́νεις	ληθᾰ́νει	ληθᾰ́νετον	ληθᾰ́νετον	ληθᾰ́νομεν	ληθᾰ́νετε	ληθᾰ́νουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ληθᾰ́νω, ληθᾰ́νωμῐ	ληθᾰ́νῃς, ληθᾰ́νῃσθᾰ	ληθᾰ́νῃ, ληθᾰ́νῃσῐ(ν)	ληθᾰ́νητον	ληθᾰ́νητον	ληθᾰ́νωμεν	ληθᾰ́νητε	ληθᾰ́νωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ληθᾰ́νοιμῐ	ληθᾰ́νοις, ληθᾰ́νοισθᾰ	ληθᾰ́νοι	ληθᾰ́νοιτον	ληθᾰνοίτην	ληθᾰ́νοιμεν	ληθᾰ́νοιτε	ληθᾰ́νοιεν
	imperative		λήθᾰνε	ληθᾰνέτω	ληθᾰ́νετον	ληθᾰνέτων		ληθᾰ́νετε	ληθᾰνόντων
middle/passive	indicative	ληθᾰ́νομαι	ληθᾰ́νεαι, ληθᾰ́νῃ	ληθᾰ́νεται	ληθᾰ́νεσθον	ληθᾰ́νεσθον	ληθᾰνόμε(σ)θᾰ	ληθᾰ́νεσθε	ληθᾰ́νονται
	subjunctive	ληθᾰ́νωμαι	ληθᾰ́νηαι, ληθᾰ́νῃ	ληθᾰ́νηται	ληθᾰ́νησθον	ληθᾰ́νησθον	ληθᾰνώμε(σ)θᾰ	ληθᾰ́νησθε	ληθᾰ́νωνται
	optative	ληθᾰνοίμην	ληθᾰ́νοιο	ληθᾰ́νοιτο	ληθᾰ́νοισθον	ληθᾰνοίσθην	ληθᾰνοίμε(σ)θᾰ	ληθᾰ́νοισθε	ληθᾰνοίᾰτο
	imperative		ληθᾰ́νεο, ληθᾰ́νευ	ληθᾰνέσθω	ληθᾰ́νεσθον	ληθᾰνέσθων		ληθᾰ́νεσθε	ληθᾰνέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		ληθᾰ́νειν, ληθᾰνέμεν(αι), ληθᾰ́νμεν(αι)				ληθᾰ́νεσθαι
participle	m	ληθᾰ́νων				ληθᾰνόμενος
	f	ληθᾰ́νουσᾰ				ληθᾰνομένη
	n	ληθᾰ́νον				ληθᾰνόμενον
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

References

^ Witczak, Krzysztof Tomasz (30 December 2020), “Greek Durative Verbs with the Nasal Infix and Suffix”, in FLUMINENSIA: časopis za filološka istraživanja‎^[1], volume 32, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, page 89: “It is worth emphasizing that this Greek verb ληθάνω seems to represent a contamination of both λήθω and λανθάνω ‘hide oneself’”

ληθάνω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
“ληθάνω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
ληθάνω, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

[1] Witczak, Krzysztof Tomasz (30 December 2020), “Greek Durative Verbs with the Nasal Infix and Suffix”, in FLUMINENSIA: časopis za filološka istraživanja‎^[1], volume 32, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, page 89: “It is worth emphasizing that this Greek verb ληθάνω seems to represent a contamination of both λήθω and λανθάνω ‘hide oneself’”

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