ἐκλανθάνω

ἐκλανθάνω,

• escape notice utterly:—Med., forget utterly, c. gen. rei, ἐκ χόλω τῶδε λαθοίμεθα Alc. Supp. 23.9; τοῦδʼ ἐκλανθάνει thou forgettest this entirely, S. OC 1005; ἐγλαθόμενος τῆς εὐθύνης POxy. 1203.8 (i A.D.), cf. Ph. 1.247, al.; ἐ. ὅτι.. Pl. Ax. 369e.
• • II causal in pres. ἐκληθάνω, with aor. 1 ἐξέλησα, Aeol. ἐξέλᾱσα (v. infr.): Ep. redupl. aor. 2 ἐκλέλᾰθον:
  • • 1 Act., make one quite forgetful of a thing, c. gen. rei, ἐκ δέ με πάντων ληθάνει ὅσσʼ ἔπαθον Od. 7.220; ἔκ μʼ ἔλᾱσας ἀλγέων Alc. 95: c. acc. rei, ἐκλέλαθον κιθαριστύν made him quite forget his harping, Il. 2.600: abs., Ἀΐδας ὁ ἐκλελάθων (redupl. pres.) Theoc. 1.63.
    • 2 Med. and Pass., forget utterly, ὀϊζύος ἐκλελαθέσθαι Il. 6.285; ἀικῆς ἐξελάθοντο 16.602; ὡς ἐκλέλησμαί γʼ ἃ πάρος εἴπομεν E. Ba. 1272: c. inf., ἐκλάθετο..καταβῆναι Od. 10.557; λελάθοντο.., οὐ μὰν ἐκλελάθοντʼ Sapph. 93.

ἐκλανθάνω, (s. λανθάνω u. ἐκληθάνω), gänzlich vergessen lassen ; μοῦσαι αὐτὸν ἐκλέλαθον κιθαριστύν Il. 2.600 ; Ἀΐδας ὁ ἐκλελαθών, der Alles in Vergessenheit senkt, Theocr. 1.63. – Häufiger med., gänzlich vergessen ; c. gen., ἀλκῆς ἐξελάθοντο Il. 16.602 ; Soph. O.C. 1009 u. A. c. inf.; od. – c. acc., Eur. Bacch. 1273 ; Arr. An. 1.26.6 ; Luc. Bis acc. 8.

†ἐκλανθάνω

[ἐκ- 9.]

3 pl. redup. aor. ἐκλέλαθον Il. 2.600.

3 sing. aor. mid. ἐκλάθετο Od. 10.557.

3 pl. ἐξελάθοντο Il. 16.602.

3 pl. redup. aor. subj. ἐκλελάθωνται Od. 22.444.

3 sing. opt. ἐκλελάθοιτο Od. 3.224.

Infin. ἐκλελαθέσθαι Il. 6.285.

• • 1

    To cause a person to forget, deprive him of (a faculty): ἐκλέλαθον κιθαριστύν Il. 2.600.

  • 2

    In mid.

  • • a

      To forget, fail to remember to do.

      With infin.: καταβῆναι Od. 10.557.

    • b

      With genit., to forget, fail to bethink oneself of: οὐδʼ ἀλκῆς ἐξελάθοντο Il. 16.602.

      To forget, be freed from: ὀϊζύος Il. 6.285.

      To (die and) forget, cease to think of (in death): γάμοιο Od. 3.224. Cf. Od. 22.444.

ἐκλανθάνω , aor. 2 ἐκλέλαθον, mid. aor. ἐκλάθετο, ἐξελάθοντο, subj. ἐκλελάθωνται, opt. -οιτο, inf. -έσθαι: act., causative, make to forget utterly; τινά τι, Il. 2.600; mid., forget utterly; τινός, also w. inf., Od. 10.557.

ἐκλανθάνω aor2 ἐξ-έλαθον perf. pass. ἐκλέλησμαι

• to escape notice utterly: — Mid., with perf. pass. ἐκλέλησμαι, to forget utterly, c. gen. rei, Soph.