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Lethean

Lethean

1 9.9
A drink or potion that makes you forget things
  • noun
  • /ˈliːθiən/
  • Literature
: poción letheana
  • find the Lethean

Examples

  • The wizard offered her a Lethean potion to erase her painful memories.

  • In the story, the hero refused the Lethean drink, choosing to remember his past.

  • Some legends speak of a Lethean substance that can make you forget everything.

  • The potion was a Lethean that erased painful memories.

  • Many seek a Lethean to forget their sorrows.

  • The ancient Greeks believed that drinking from the Lethean would erase painful memories.

  • He sought the Lethean to forget the sorrow of his past experiences.

  • After consuming the Lethean, she felt her worries fading away into oblivion.

Synonyms

potion
vsLethean
  • Literature
155 6.6

A drink made to heal, harm, or cause magic

is used specifically to cause forgetfulness rather than general effects

Surface Forms

Lethean singular
Letheans plural

Morphology

Lethean = Lethe (opaque) = Lethe + an

The noun sense still relies on the same mythological reference, so a learner cannot reliably infer the meaning from the parts alone.

Etymology

Lethean as a noun is named after the river Lethe, where drinking the water in Greek stories wiped away memory. So a Lethean drink or potion is a substance that makes you 'forget'.