1. to cause to forget a thing, with genitive, (Odyssey by Homer): —;Pass. to be forgotten , perfect participle ἐπιλελησμένος (New Testament)

2. Mid. ἐπι-λήθομαι and -λανθάνομαι, future -λήσομαι: aorist2 -ελᾶθόμην: with perfect active -λέληθα and passive -λέλησμαι: pluperfect -ελελήσμην:—; to let a thing escape one, to forget, lose thought of , with genitive, ὅπως Ἰθάκης ἐπιλήσεται (epic for -ηται); (Odyssey by Homer); so (Herdotus Historicus), attic:—;also with accusative, (Herdotus Historicus), etc.:—;with infinitive, (Aristophanes Comicus)

3. to forget wilfully , ἑκὼν ἐπιλήθομαι (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)