Lotophagi
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English
Etymology
Latin, from Ancient Greek Λωτοφάγος (Lōtophágos).
Pronunciation
Noun
Lotophagi pl (plural only)
- (Greek mythology) The lotus eaters; a people visited by Ulysses who subsisted on the lotus.
Synonyms
Related terms
References
- “Lotophagi”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λωτοφᾰ́γοι (Lōtophágoi).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /loːˈto.pʰa.ɡiː/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /loˈto.fa.d͡ʒi/,
Proper noun
Lōtophagī m pl (genitive Lōtophagōrum); second declension
- The Lotophagi, lotus-eaters.
Declension
Second-declension noun, plural only.
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Lōtophagī |
| genitive | Lōtophagōrum |
| dative | Lōtophagīs |
| accusative | Lōtophagōs |
| ablative | Lōtophagīs |
| vocative | Lōtophagī |
References
- “Lōtŏphăgi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Lōtŏphăgī in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 922.
- Lōtophagī in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung