A.escape notice utterly:—Med., forget utterly, c. gen. rei, “ἐκ χόλω τῶδε λαθοίμεθα” Alc.Supp.23.9; τοῦδ᾽ ἐκλανθάνει thou forgettest this entirely, S.OC1005 ; “ἐγλαθόμενος τῆς εὐθύνης” POxy.1203.8 (i A.D.), cf. Ph.1.247, al.; “ἐ. ὅτι..” Pl.Ax.369e.
II. causal in pres. ἐκληθάνω , with aor. 1 ἐξέλησα, Aeol. ἐξέλα_σα (v. infr.): Ep. redupl. aor. 2 ἐκλέλα^θον:
1. Act., make one quite forgetful of a thing, c.gen. rei, “ἐκ δέ με πάντων ληθάνει ὅσσ᾽ ἔπαθον” Od.7.220 ; “ἔκ μ᾽ ἔλα_σας ἀλγέων” Alc.95 : c. acc. rei, ἐκλέλαθον κιθαριστύν made him quite forget his harping, Il.2.600 : abs., Ἀΐδας ὁ ἐκλελάθων (redupl. pres.) Theoc. 1.63.
2. Med. and Pass., forget utterly, “ὀϊζύος ἐκλελαθέσθαι” Il.6.285 ; “ἀικῆς ἐξελάθοντο” 16.602 ; “ὡς ἐκλέλησμαί γ᾽ ἃ πάρος εἴπομεν” E. Ba.1272 : c. inf., “ἐκλάθετο..καταβῆναι” Od.10.557 ; “λελάθοντο.., οὐ μὰν ἐκλελάθοντ᾽” Sapph.93.