Lēthē — Lewis & Short
Lēthē, ēs, f., = *lh/qh (forgetfulness),
I the river Lethe, in the infernal regions, from which the Shades drank and obtained forgetfulness of the past:
pocula Lethes,Ov. P. 2, 4, 23:
da mihi hebetantem pectora Lethen,id. ib. 4, 1, 17:
soporifera,id. Tr. 4, 1, 47:
immittere Lethen Stygiam alicui in viscera,i. e. forgetfulness, Luc. 5, 221:
aqua Lethes, i. q. soporifera,Ov. M. 11, 603.— Hence,
II Lēthaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Lethe, Lethean.
A Lit.:
ratis,Tib. 3, 5, 24:
amnis,Verg. A. 6, 705:
stagna,Prop. 4 (5), 7, 91.—
B Transf.
1 Of or belonging to the infernal regions:
Lethaei dii,Luc. 6, 685:
tyrannus,i. e. Pluto, Col. 10, 271:
Lethaea vincula abrumpere alicui,to bring one from the Lower World back to life, Hor. C. 4, 7, 27:
janitor,i. e. Anubis, Stat. S. 3, 2, 112.—
2 That produces sleepiness or forgetfulness, Lethean:
Lethaeo perfusa papavera somno,Verg. G. 1, 78:
ros,id. A. 5, 854:
papavera,id. G. 4, 545:
sucus,Ov. M. 7, 152:
amor,faithless love, id. R. Am. 551:
nox,id. A. A. 3, 648.