λανθάνω

λανθάνω, Pi. Fr. 75.13, etc.:—also λήθω (which is the form of the Act. generally used in compds., δια-λανθάνω being the sole exception), Il. 23.323, S. OT 1325 (lyr.), X. Smp. 4.48; Dor. λάθω [ᾱ] S. El. 222 (lyr.); inf.λᾱθέμεν Pi. O. 1.64: impf. ἐλάνθανον Il. 13.721, etc.; ἔληθον Od. 19.151, S. El. 1359; Ep. λῆθον Il. 15.461; Ion. λήθεσκεν 24.13: fut. λήσω Od. 11.102, Ar. Ec. 98, etc.; Aeol.inf. λᾱσην Alc. Supp. 22.8; Dor. λᾱσῶ Theoc. 14.9, al., so (in late writers) λήσομαι, v. infr. C. II: aor. 1 ἔλησα Nic. Al. 280 (but Hom. has ἐπ-έλησα, Alc. ἐξ-έλᾱσα, in causal sense): aor. 2 ἔλᾰθον Il. 17.676, etc. (for λέλᾰθον, v. infr. B): pf. λέληθα Semon. 7.9, Sol. 13.27; Aeol.part.λελᾱθων Alc. Supp. 26.8: plpf. ἐλελήθειν, Att. -ήθη, Th. 8.33, Ar. Eq. 822, Nu. 380, Luc. Pr.Im. 15; Ion.3sg. ἐλελήθεε Hdt. 6.79. B. causal ληθάνω, aor. 2 λέλᾰθον, v. infr. B. C. Med. and Pass., λανθάνομαι Arist. Po. 1455a25 (s.v.l.), λήθομαι Il. 11.790, A. Ag. 39; Dor. λάθομαι [ᾱ] Pi. O. 8.72: Ep. impf. λανθανόμην Od. 12.227: fut. λήσομαι 1.308; Dor. λᾱσεῦμαι Theoc. 4.39, also λελήσομαι E. Alc. 198: aor. 1 ἐλησάμην or λησάμην only in late Ep., Maiist. 47, Mosch. 3.62 (Dor. λᾱσ-), Q.S. 3.99, etc.; also ἐλήσθην, Dor. inf. λασθῆμεν Theoc. 2.46, cf. διαλανθάνω: aor. 2 ἐλᾰθόμην, Ep. λαθ-, Il. 13.835, E. Hipp. 289: rare in Prose exc. in compds., Plu. Caes. 38; also Ep. redupl. λελάθοντο, etc., v. infr. C: pf. λέλησμαι S. El. 342, Pl. Phdr. 252a; 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 δʼ 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 μʼ ὀργά S. El. 222 (lyr.), cf. Ph. 207 (lyr.); τουτί μʼ ἐλελήθειν Ar. Nu. 380; εἰ λανθάνει σε perhaps you donʼt 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. I 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 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. OT 415; 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. Pax 32, 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 μʼ 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 σʼ 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 thoughtʼst 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, ἀλλʼ 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 Ep. redupl. 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 Ep., λέλαθον, = ἔλαθον, escaped notice of, ἑὸν νόον, τοκῆας, A.R. 2.226, 3.779, cf. Orph. A. 876. C. Med. and Pass., let a thing escape one, forget, 1. forget simply, in 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 ποτʼ οὐ λελήσεται E. Alc. 198: mostly in aor. 2, ἀλκῆς λαθέσθαι A. Supp. 731; νόστου τε λαθέσθαι Od. 9.97; πῶς ἂν . . Ὀδυσῆος . . λαθοίμην; 1.65: also in redupl. aor., οὐδὲ σέθεν . . θεοὶ μάκαρες λελάθοντο Il. 4.127; μή τίς μοι ἀπειλάων λελαθέσθω 16.200; οὐ δυνάμην λελαθέσθʼ Ἄτης 19.136 (but in Hes. Th. 471 like the Act., ὅπως λελάθοιτο τεκοῦσα that she might bear unknown): so in 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 ὅσσʼ ἐπεπόνθει Od. 13.92: fut. 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 λάθετʼ ἢ οὐκ ἐνόησεν either he chose to forget it . . , Il. 9.537; μαθοῦσιν αὐδῶ, κοὐ μαθοῦσι λήθομαι A. Ag. 39. II. in later writers fut. Med. is used like Act., escape notice, ἡμᾶς Arist. APr. 66a31, cf. A.R. 3.737, Luc. Sacr. 14: abs., Alciphr. 3.52.