Definition of "lethe"
- noun
Death.
In Gr. myth.: The personification of oblivion, a daughter of Eris.
The river of oblivion, one of the streams of Hades, the waters of which possessed the quality of causing those who drank of them to forget their former existence.
A draught of oblivion; forgetfulness.
In entomology, a genus of nymphalid butterflies, with one species, L. europa, from the Malay archipelago.
- adjective
An obsolete variant of lithe.
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