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|Full diacritics=λωτός
|Medium diacritics=λωτός
|Low diacritics=λωτός
|Capitals=ΛΩΤΟΣ
|Transliteration A=lōtós
|Transliteration B=lōtos
|Transliteration C=lotos
|Beta Code=lwto/s
|Definition=<b class="b3">ὁ</b> (<b class="b3">λῶτα· ἄνθη</b>, Hsch. is perh. for <b class="b3">ἄωτα</b>), name applied to various plants and trees (<span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>7.15.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>14.101</span>, cf. Hsch.) providing fodder or fruit: <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> fodder plants, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> <b class="b2">clover, trefoil, Trifolium fragiferum</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.4.603</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>7.8.3</span>, <span class="bibl">7.13.5</span>, Dsc. 4.111. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">fellbloom, Lotus corniculatus</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.14.348</span>, <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>22.55</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> = [[τῆλις]], <b class="b2">fenugreek, Trigonella Foenum-graecum</b>, Dsc.2.102; <b class="b3">λ. ἄγριος</b> <b class="b2">wild fenugreek, T. gladiata</b>, Id.4.111, Gal.12.65. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">melilot, T. graeca</b>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>9.7.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">Italian melilot, Melilotus messanensis</b>, Dsc.4.110, Gal. l.c. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> = [[κύτισος]], <b class="b2">Medicago arborea</b>, Ps.-Dsc.4.112. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">Nile water-lily, Egyptian lotus, Nymphaea Lotus</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.92</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>4.8.9</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PHib.</span>1.152</span> (iii B.C.), Dsc.4.113, <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>13.107</span>; the blue species (<b class="b2">Nymphaea stellata</b>), <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span> 4.8.11</span>; also, <b class="b2">Nymphaea Nelumbo</b>, <span class="bibl">Ath.3.73a</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> of trees found in Libya, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> <b class="b2">nettle-tree, Celtis australis</b>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>1.5.3</span>, <span class="bibl">4.3.1</span>, Dsc. 1.117, etc.; used for making flutes, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>4.3.4</span>: hence </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> in E. (lyr.) and later poets, <b class="b2">flute</b>, λ. . . Μουσᾶν θεράπων <span class="bibl"><span class="title">El.</span>716</span>, cf. <span class="title">Pae.Delph.</span>12, <span class="title">AP</span>7.182 (pl., Mel.); Λίβυς λ. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>544</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Hel.</span>170</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">IA</span> 1036</span>, prob. in <span class="bibl">Limen.13</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> <b class="b2">pipe</b> inserted in the <b class="b3">νάβλα</b>, <span class="bibl">Sopat. 10</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">d</span> <b class="b2">tube</b> or <b class="b2">stalk</b> of vaginal speculum, <span class="bibl">Aët. 16.89</span>, <span class="bibl">Paul.Aeg. 6.73</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> tree growing among the Lotophagi, <b class="b2">Zizyphus Lotus</b>, λωτοῖο . . μελιηδέα καρπόν <span class="bibl">Od.9.94</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.96</span>, <span class="bibl">4.177</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>4.3.1</span>-<span class="bibl">4</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.12.2.2</span>.</span>
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{{bailly
|btext=οῦ (ὁ) :<br /><i>nom de diverses plantes</i> :<br /><b>1</b> lotus grec, <i>qu’on donnait aux chevaux comme fourrage</i>;<br /><b>2</b> lotus de Cyrénaïque <i>ou</i> des Lotophages, <i>càd</i> jujubier ; fruit de cet arbre, <i>càd</i> lotus <i>ou</i> jujube;<br /><b>3</b> lotus d’Égypte, <i>sorte de nénuphar</i>;<br /><b>4</b> lotus du N de l’Afrique, d’un bois dur et noir ; flûte en bois de ce lotus.<br />'''Étymologie:''' DELG terme médit. d’origine obscure.
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{{Autenrieth
|auten=[[lotus]].—(1) a [[species]] of clover, Od. 4.603, Il. 14.348.—(2) the [[tree]] and [[fruit]] enjoyed by the Lotus-eaters, Od. 9.91 ff. Said to be a [[plant]] [[with]] [[fruit]] the [[size]] of olives, in [[taste]] resembling dates, [[still]] prized in Tunis and Tripoli [[under]] the [[name]] of Jujube.
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