lotus eater

English

Alternative forms

• lotus-eater

Noun

lotus eater (plural lotus eaters)

1. One of the Lotophagi (see Λωτοφάγος (Lōtophágos)).
2. (figuratively) Someone with an easy life who does not worry about much.
   • 1974, John le Carré, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, chapter 32

     "You're a lucky man, Jim," he kept saying. "You've been ordered to become a lotus-eater."

Translations

Translations

• Catalan: lotòfag m
• Danish: lotofager c
• Dutch: lotofagen m pl
• Estonian: Lotofaagid pl
• Finnish: lootofagit
• French: Lotophages (fr) m pl
• German: Lotophagen m pl
• Greek: λωτοφάγοι m (lotofágoi)

  Ancient Greek: Λωτοφάγοι m pl (Lōtophágoi)

• Hungarian: lotophagoszok pl
• Italian: lotofago (it) m
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lotofager m

  Nynorsk: lotofager m

• Polish: Lotofag (pl) m
• Portuguese: lotófago m
• Russian: лотофа́ги m pl (lotofági)
• Sicilian: lotofago m
• Spanish: lotófago m
• Swedish: lotofager c
• Ukrainian: лотофа́ги m pl (lotofáhy)

Further reading

• lotus eater on Wikipedia.Wikipedia