Lotophagi

English

Etymology

Latin, from Ancient Greek Λωτοφάγος (Lōtophágos).

Noun

Lotophagi pl (plural only)

  1. (Greek mythology) The lotus eaters; a people visited by Ulysses who subsisted on the lotus.

Synonyms

References

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λωτοφᾰ́γοι (Lōtophágoi).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Lōtophagī m pl (genitive Lōtophagōrum); second declension

  1. The Lotophagi, lotus-eaters.

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case 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
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