Lotophagi
English edit
Etymology edit
Latin, from Ancient Greek Λωτοφάγος (Lōtophágos).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Lotophagi pl (plural only)
- (Greek mythology) The lotus eaters; a people visited by Ulysses who subsisted on the lotus.
Synonyms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- “Lotophagi”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λωτοφᾰ́γοι (Lōtophágoi).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /loːˈto.pʰa.ɡiː/, [ɫ̪oːˈt̪ɔpʰäɡiː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /loˈto.fa.d͡ʒi/, [loˈt̪ɔːfäd͡ʒi]
Proper noun edit
Lōtophagī m pl (genitive Lōtophagōrum); second declension
- The Lotophagi, lotus-eaters.
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, plural only.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Lōtophagī |
| Genitive | Lōtophagōrum |
| Dative | Lōtophagīs |
| Accusative | Lōtophagōs |
| Ablative | Lōtophagīs |
| Vocative | Lōtophagī |
References edit
- “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