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OP Lethe (LEE-thee)
A river in Hades whose waters caused
forgetfulness. It was on the banks of another
Underworld river called the Styx that the
shades, or ghostly remains, of the dead
congregated to seek passage to the Afterlife.
Unless they bribed Charon to ferry them
across the stream, they wandered aimlessly on
the near bank forever. But those who made it
across the Styx did not have much more to
anticipate. Once they had drunk from the
waters of Lethe, they were left with nothing to
reminisce about for eternity.
But "lethal" meaning capapable of causing death is from Latin:
lethal
SYLLABICATION:
le·thal
PRONUNCIATION:
lthl
ADJECTIVE:
1. Capable of causing death. 2. Of, relating to, or causing death. See
synonyms at fatal. 3. Extremely harmful; devastating: accusations lethal to
the candidate's image.
ETYMOLOGY:
Late Latin lthlis, alteration (probably influenced by Lth, Lethe) of Latin
ltlis, from ltum, death.
OTHER FORMS:
le·thali·ty (l-thl-t) —NOUN
lethal·ly —ADVERB
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted alethia wwh 04/16/03 12:03 AM Re: alethia wofahulicodoc 04/16/03 01:56 AM Re: alethia Bingley 04/16/03 03:41 AM Re: Don't forget Faldage 04/16/03 01:51 PM Re: Don't forget wwh 04/16/03 05:34 PM
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