λάθος

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Hellenistic Koine Greek λάθος (láthos, “escaping detection”), with stem λαθ-, from the aorist of Ancient Greek λανθάνω (lanthánō, “to escape notice, to forget”), from *leh₂- (“to be hidden, be covered”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.θos/
• Hyphenation: λά‧θος

Noun

λάθος • (láthos) n (plural λάθη)

1. error, mistake

Declension

declension of λάθος

case     \     number	singular	plural
nominative	λάθος •	λάθη •
genitive	λάθους •	λαθών •
accusative	λάθος •	λάθη •
vocative	λάθος •	λάθη •

Synonyms

• πλάνη f (pláni)
• σφάλμα n (sfálma)

Related terms

from λανθάνω (lantháno)

• λανθασμένος (lanthasménos, “wrong, in error”)
• λανθασμένα (lanthasména, “wrongly, incorrectly”)