lotos
English
Noun
lotos (plural lotoses)
- (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.
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlotos]
Declension
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtós).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈloː.tos/, [ˈɫ̪oːt̪ɔs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlo.tos/, [ˈlɔːt̪os]
Noun
lōtos f or m (genitive lōtī); second declension
- The Egyptian lotus flower, Nymphaea caerulea
- The date-plum, Diospyros lotus
- 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
Declension
Slovene
Etymology
From Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lóːtɔs/
Inflection
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
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