Λωτοφάγος
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From λωτός (lōtós, “lotus”) + φᾰγεῖν (phăgeîn, “to eat”) + -ος (-os).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lɔː.to.pʰá.ɡos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /lo.toˈpʰa.ɡos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /lo.toˈɸa.ɣos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /lo.toˈfa.ɣos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /lo.toˈfa.ɣos/
Noun
Λωτοφᾰ́γος • (Lōtophắgos) m (genitive Λωτοφᾰ́γου); second declension
- one of the Lotophagi
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Λωτοφᾰ́γος ho Lōtophắgos |
τὼ Λωτοφᾰ́γω tṑ Lōtophắgō |
οἱ Λωτοφᾰ́γοι hoi Lōtophắgoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Λωτοφᾰ́γου toû Lōtophắgou |
τοῖν Λωτοφᾰ́γοιν toîn Lōtophắgoin |
τῶν Λωτοφᾰ́γων tôn Lōtophắgōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Λωτοφᾰ́γῳ tôi Lōtophắgōi |
τοῖν Λωτοφᾰ́γοιν toîn Lōtophắgoin |
τοῖς Λωτοφᾰ́γοις toîs Lōtophắgois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Λωτοφᾰ́γον tòn Lōtophắgon |
τὼ Λωτοφᾰ́γω tṑ Lōtophắgō |
τοὺς Λωτοφᾰ́γους toùs Lōtophắgous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | Λωτοφᾰ́γε Lōtophắge |
Λωτοφᾰ́γω Lōtophắgō |
Λωτοφᾰ́γοι Lōtophắgoi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Λωτοφάγος (Lotofágos)
- plural: Λωτοφάγοι (Lotofágoi)
- Latin: Lōtophagus
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015