lotus
English
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Etymology
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -əʊtəs
Noun
lotus (plural lotuses or loti)
- A kind of aquatic plant, genus Nelumbo in the family Nelumbonaceae.
- A water lily, genus Nymphaea, especially those of Egypt or India.
- A legendary plant eaten by the Lotophagi of the Odyssey that caused drowsiness and euphoria.
- A number of other plants bearing lotus in their scientific or common names (see Derived terms below).
- Diospyros lotus, date plum or Caucasian persimmon.
- Lotus, a terrestrial genus with small flowers that includes bird's-foot trefoils(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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- An architectural motif of ancient Egyptian temples.
Derived terms
terms derived from lotus
- American lotus (Nelumbo lutea)
- blue lotus (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 780: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- Egyptian lotus (Egyptian water lily)
- Indian lotus (Nelumbo nucifera)
- lotus birth
- lotus eater
- lotus effect
- lotus position
- lotus root
- sacred lotus (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 780: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- snow lotus (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 780: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.}
- star lotus (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 780: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- yellow lotus (Nelumbo lutea)
- white lotus (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 780: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
Translations
plant of the genus Nelumbo
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Nymphaea — see water lily
legendary plant
Diospyros lotus — see date plum
plant of the genus Lotus
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Ziziphus lotus
architectural motif
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Further reading
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin lōtus, from Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtós).
Pronunciation
Noun
lotus m (plural lotussen, diminutive lotusje n)
Derived terms
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
lotus m (plural lotus)
Further reading
- “lotus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈloː.tus/, [ˈɫ̪oːt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlo.tus/, [ˈlɔːt̪us]
Etymology 1
Perfect passive participle of lavō (“wash”).
Participle
lōtus (feminine lōta, neuter lōtum); first/second-declension participle
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | lōtus | lōta | lōtum | lōtī | lōtae | lōta | |
Genitive | lōtī | lōtae | lōtī | lōtōrum | lōtārum | lōtōrum | |
Dative | lōtō | lōtō | lōtīs | ||||
Accusative | lōtum | lōtam | lōtum | lōtōs | lōtās | lōta | |
Ablative | lōtō | lōtā | lōtō | lōtīs | |||
Vocative | lōte | lōta | lōtum | lōtī | lōtae | lōta |
Alternative forms
Etymology 2
Noun
lōtus m (genitive lōtūs); fourth declension
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | lōtus | lōtūs |
Genitive | lōtūs | lōtuum |
Dative | lōtuī | lōtibus |
Accusative | lōtum | lōtūs |
Ablative | lōtū | lōtibus |
Vocative | lōtus | lōtūs |
Etymology 3
Variant form of lōtos, from Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtós).
Alternative forms
Noun
lōtus m (genitive lōtī); second declension
- The Egyptian water lily, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 780: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.
- The date plum, Diospyros lotus
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Declension
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | lōtus | lōtī |
Genitive | lōtī | lōtōrum |
Dative | lōtō | lōtīs |
Accusative | lōtum | lōtōs |
Ablative | lōtō | lōtīs |
Vocative | lōte | lōtī |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Translingual: Lotus
References
- “lotus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “lotus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lotus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- lotus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “lotus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Romanian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
lotus m (plural lotuși)
Declension
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