λωτός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lɔː.tós/ → /loˈtos/ → /loˈtos/

• (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

1. name of various fodder plants:
   1. strawberry clover (Trifolium fragiferum)
   2. birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)
   3. fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum)
2. white lotus (Nymphaea lotus)
3. nettle tree (Celtis australis)
4. jujube (Ziziphus lotus)
5. (poetical) flute
6. (music) pipe inserted in the nabla
7. (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

Further reading

• “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)

1. lotus
2. persimmon

Declension

Declension of λωτός

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

Further reading

• λωτός on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el