Λωτοφάγος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λωτός (lōtós, “lotus”) +‎ φᾰγεῖν (phageîn, “to eat”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lɔː.to.pʰá.ɡos/ → /lo.toˈɸa.ɣos/ → /lo.toˈfa.ɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lɔː.to.pʰá.ɡos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /lo.toˈpʰa.ɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /lo.toˈɸa.ɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /lo.toˈfa.ɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /lo.toˈfa.ɣos/

Noun

Λωτοφᾰ́γος • (Lōtophágos) m (genitive Λωτοφᾰ́γου); second declension

1. one of the Lotophagi

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Λωτοφᾰ́γος; τοῦ Λωτοφᾰ́γου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Λωτοφᾰ́γος ho Lōtophágos	τὼ Λωτοφᾰ́γω tṑ Lōtophágō	οἱ Λωτοφᾰ́γοι hoi Lōtophágoi
Genitive	τοῦ Λωτοφᾰ́γου toû Lōtophágou	τοῖν Λωτοφᾰ́γοιν toîn Lōtophágoin	τῶν Λωτοφᾰ́γων tôn Lōtophágōn
Dative	τῷ Λωτοφᾰ́γῳ tôi Lōtophágōi	τοῖν Λωτοφᾰ́γοιν toîn Lōtophágoin	τοῖς Λωτοφᾰ́γοις toîs Lōtophágois
Accusative	τὸν Λωτοφᾰ́γον tòn Lōtophágon	τὼ Λωτοφᾰ́γω tṑ Lōtophágō	τοὺς Λωτοφᾰ́γους toùs Lōtophágous
Vocative	Λωτοφᾰ́γε Lōtopháge	Λωτοφᾰ́γω Lōtophágō	Λωτοφᾰ́γοι Lōtophágoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Λωτοφάγος (Lotofágos)
  • plural: Λωτοφάγοι (Lotofágoi)
• Latin: Lōtophagus

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015