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

• lotus-eater

Related terms

• lotophagous

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/, [ɫ̪oːˈt̪ɔpʰäɡiː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /loˈto.fa.d͡ʒi/, [loˈt̪ɔːfäd͡ʒi]

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