different between lethargy vs lethe

English

Etymology

From Middle English litargie, from Medieval Latin litargia, from Late Latin l?th?rgia, borrowed from Ancient Greek ????????? (l?th?rgí?, “drowsiness”), from ???????? (l?th?rgos, “forgetful, lethargic”) +? -??? (-í?, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l??.?(?).d??i/

Noun

lethargy (countable and uncountable, plural lethargies)

1. A state of extreme torpor or apathy, especially with lack of emotion, energy or enthusiasm; (loosely) sluggishness, laziness. [from 14th c.]
2. (pathology) A condition characterized by extreme fatigue or drowsiness, deep unresponsiveness, or prolonged sleep patterns. [from 14th c.]

Related terms

• encephalitis lethargica (EL)
• lethargic
• Lethe

Translations

References

• “lethargy”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “lethargy”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?li??i/

Etymology 1

From Latin L?th?, from Ancient Greek ???? (L?th?, “forgetfulness”).

Noun

lethe (usually uncountable, plural lethes)

1. Forgetfulness of the past; oblivion.
2. Dissimulation
   • 1980, Joseph J. Kockelmans, On Heidegger and Language, Northwestern University Press (?ISBN), p. 241:

     What does it mean to say that the stream of silence originates in lethe? It means, above all, that the stream has its source (Quelle) in that which has not yet been said and which must remain unsaid: the "unsaid."

Derived terms

• lethean

Related terms

• lethargy, lethargic

Etymology 2

Possibly influenced by Latin l?tum (“killing”).

Noun

lethe (usually uncountable, plural lethes)

1. (obsolete, rare) Death.

References

• Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003)
• “lethe”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000

Anagrams

• Ethel, Leeth, Theel, ethel

Middle English

Noun

lethe (plural lethes)

1. Alternative form of lyth

Old Irish

Noun

lethe

1. Alternative spelling of leithe

Mutation