lotos

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English

Noun

lotos (plural lotoses)

  1. (botany) Dated form of lotus.
    • 1895, Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow:
      A flock of pigeons circled about the tower of the Memorial Church; sometimes alighting on the purple tiled roof, sometimes wheeling downward to the lotos fountain in front of the marble arch.

Anagrams

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

lotos m inan

  1. lotus

Declension

Declension of lotos (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative lotos lotosy
genitive lotosu lotosů
dative lotosu lotosům
accusative lotos lotosy
vocative lotose lotosy
locative lotose, lotosu lotosech
instrumental lotosem lotosy

Further reading

  • lotos in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • lotos in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Latin

lōtos (Egyptian water lily)

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtós).

Pronunciation

Noun

lōtos f or m (genitive lōtī); second declension

  1. The Egyptian lotus flower, Nymphaea caerulea
  2. The date-plum, Diospyros lotus
  3. The mythical lotus tree, possibly Ziziphus lotus

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lōtos lōtī
Genitive lōtī lōtōrum
Dative lōtō lōtīs
Accusative lōton lōtōs
Ablative lōtō lōtīs
Vocative lōte lōtī

For the sense mythical lotus tree, Gaius Plinius Secundus used the nominative plural lōtoe in his Naturalis Historia.

References

  • “lotos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lotos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Polish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtós).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɔ.tɔs/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔtɔs
  • Syllabification: lo‧tos

Noun

lotos m inan

  1. lotus

Declension

Declension of lotos
singular plural
nominative lotos lotosy
genitive lotosu lotosów
dative lotosowi lotosom
accusative lotos lotosy
instrumental lotosem lotosami
locative lotosie lotosach
vocative lotosie lotosy

Further reading

  • lotos in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • lotos in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Lotos

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtós).

Pronunciation

Noun

lȍtos m (Cyrillic spelling ло̏тос)

  1. lotus

Declension

Declension of lotos
singular plural
nominative lotos lotosi
genitive lotosa lotosa
dative lotosu lotosima
accusative lotos lotose
vocative lotose lotosi
locative lotosu lotosima
instrumental lotosom lotosima

Slovene

Lotos

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtós).

Pronunciation

Noun

lọ̑tos m inan

  1. lotus

Inflection

 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing. lótos
gen. sing. lótosa
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		lótos lótosa lótosi
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		lótosa lótosov lótosov
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		lótosu lótosoma lótosom
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		lótos lótosa lótose
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		lótosu lótosih lótosih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		lótosom lótosoma lótosi

Further reading

  • “lotos”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Spanish

Noun

lotos m pl

  1. plural of loto
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