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Word: Lethe
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
via Latin from Greek lēthē ‘forgetfulness’, from the base of lanthanesthai ‘forget’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈliːθi
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a river in Hades whose water when drunk made the souls of the dead forget their life on earth.
Short Definition:river in Hades
Word: Lethe
Speech Type: Other
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