λωτός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably from a Semitic source common to Hebrew לוֹט (lōṭ, “myrrh”, literally “covering, envelope”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lɔː.tós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /loˈtos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /loˈtos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /loˈtos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /loˈtos/

Noun

λωτός • (lōtós) m (genitive λωτοῦ); second declension

name of various fodder plants:
1. strawberry clover^{(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace {{vern}} with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.)} (Trifolium fragiferum)
2. birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus^{(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace {{taxlink}} with {{taxfmt}} if already defined. Add nomul=1 if not defined.)})
3. fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum^{(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace {{taxlink}} with {{taxfmt}} if already defined. Add nomul=1 if not defined.)})
white lotus (Nymphaea lotus^{(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace {{taxlink}} with {{taxfmt}} if already defined. Add nomul=1 if not defined.)})
nettle tree (Celtis australis)
jujube (Ziziphus lotus^{(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace {{taxlink}} with {{taxfmt}} if already defined. Add nomul=1 if not defined.)})
(poetical) flute
(music) pipe inserted in the nabla
(medicine) tube or stalk of vaginal speculum

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ λωτός; τοῦ λωτοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ λωτός ho lōtós	τὼ λωτώ tṑ lōtṓ	οἱ λωτοί hoi lōtoí
Genitive	τοῦ λωτοῦ toû lōtoû	τοῖν λωτοῖν toîn lōtoîn	τῶν λωτῶν tôn lōtôn
Dative	τῷ λωτῷ tôi lōtôi	τοῖν λωτοῖν toîn lōtoîn	τοῖς λωτοῖς toîs lōtoîs
Accusative	τὸν λωτόν tòn lōtón	τὼ λωτώ tṑ lōtṓ	τοὺς λωτούς toùs lōtoús
Vocative	λωτέ lōté	λωτώ lōtṓ	λωτοί lōtoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

λωτάριον (lōtárion)
λώτινον (lṓtinon)
λώτινος (lṓtinos)
λώτισμα (lṓtisma)
λωτοβοσκός (lōtoboskós)
λωτοειδής (lōtoeidḗs)
λωτόεις (lōtóeis)
λωτομήτρα (lōtomḗtra)
λωτοτρόφος (lōtotróphos)
Λωτοφάγος (Lōtophágos)
λωτοφόρος (lōtophóros)
μελίλωτον (melílōton)

Descendants

Greek: λωτός (lotós)
→ Latin: lōtus

References

“λωτός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
λωτός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtós).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [lɔˈtɔs]

Noun

λωτός • (lotós) m (plural λωτοί)

Declension

Declension of λωτός

	singular	plural
nominative	λωτός •	λωτοί •
genitive	λωτού •	λωτών •
accusative	λωτό •	λωτούς •
vocative	λωτέ •	λωτοί •

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