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Headword: *lhqedw/n
Adler number: lambda,413
Translated headword: oblivion
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] forgetfulness.[1]
But forgetfulness is a loss of understanding.[2]
In the Epigrams: "such deeds of men flow away into swift oblivion."[3]
Greek Original:
*lhqedw/n: lh/qh. *lh/qh de/ e)stin a)pobolh\ e)pisth/mhs. e)n *)epigra/mmasi: e)/rga de\ fw/twn e)s taxinh\n e)/rrei toia/de lhqedo/na.
Notes:
cf. lambda 412.
[1] Similar glossing in Hesychius and elswhere.
[2] Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 535.20-21.
[3] Greek Anthology 7.17.3-4 (Tullius Laurea); quoted again at mu 1138 and nu 554.
Keywords: definition; medicine; philosophy; poetry
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 10 April 2008@20:53:08.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (notes; more keywords; cosmetics) on 11 April 2008@03:36:44.
David Whitehead on 17 April 2013@08:36:31.
Catharine Roth (tweaked note) on 10 May 2020@01:01:06.
Catharine Roth (cross-reference) on 10 May 2020@01:03:06.
Catharine Roth (another cross-reference) on 11 September 2020@00:03:03.
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