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lethaeus

lethaeus [CL < λήθαιος] 1 of or belonging to Lethe. Stigia Lĕtheaque palude Aldh. Aen. 53. 9 (v. et 2b); Letheis mergatur [res] aquis ne fama futuris / talia temporibus tamque nefanda ferat L. Durh. Dial. II 373; animam vero ex ~eo flumine bibere nil aliud est quam animam existentem incorporari Bern. Comm. Aen. 115; respersus ramo lethei fluminis unda Neckam DS III 359; Pull. CM 202 (v. lethargus b). 2 like that induced by the waters of Lethe. vir bone, Lethei cognata papavera somni / proxima nequaquam cena fuere mihi L. Durh. Dial. II 13; papaver / cui vis lethei multa stuporis inest Neckam DS VII 191; quia hoc mirabile ‥ diatim in effectu suscepit diminutionem, ~ee traditum est post pauca temporis spatia tam incurie quam oblivioni M. Par. Maj. V 303.

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