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|lshtext=<b>lōtos</b>: and lōtus, i, f. (m., Mart. 8, 51, 14), = [[λωτός]]>.<br /><b>I</b> The [[name]] of [[several]] plants.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> The Egyptian [[water]]-[[lily]], Plin. 13, 17, 32, § 104.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A [[tree]] on the [[northern]] [[coast]] of [[Africa]], the [[food]] of the [[Lotophagi]], the lotustree, [[edible]] [[nettle]]-[[tree]], contrasted [[with]] the [[former]] of the [[same]] [[name]], Plin. 13, 17, 32, § 101 sqq.; Verg. G. 2, 84; id. Cul. 123.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> A [[tree]] of [[Italy]], the Italian persimmon, Plin. 16, 30, 53, § 121; 16, 44, 85, § 235 sq.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> The [[date]]-plum ([[faba]] Graeca), Plin. 24, 2, 2, § 6.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> The [[fruit]] of the [[lotus]], Prop. 3, 12, 27; Ov. P. 4, 10, 18; Sil. 3, 311.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A [[flute]] ([[because]] made of [[lotus]]-[[wood]]): horrendo [[lotos]] adunca [[sono]], Ov. F. 4, 190; Sil. 11, 432.