Lotophagi
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
Latin, from Ancient Greek Λωτοφάγος (Lōtophágos).
=== Pronunciation ===
(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ləˈtɒfəˌɡɑɪ/
(General American) IPA(key): /ləˈtɑfəˌɡɑɪ/
=== Noun ===
Lotophagi pl (plural only)
(Greek mythology) The lotus eaters; a people visited by Ulysses who subsisted on the lotus.
==== Synonyms ====
lotus-eater
==== Related terms ====
lotophagous
=== References ===
“Lotophagi”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
== Latin ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λωτοφᾰ́γοι (Lōtophắgoi).
=== Pronunciation ===
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɫoːˈtɔ.pʰa.ɡiː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [loˈtɔː.fa.d͡ʒi]
=== Proper noun ===
Lōtophagī m pl (genitive Lōtophagōrum); second declension
The Lotophagi, lotus-eaters.
==== Declension ====
Second-declension noun, plural only.
=== References ===
“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