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|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: [[lotus]], name of several nutrimental plants, <b class="b2">Trifolium, Melilotus, Trigonella a. o.</b> (Il.), also of the Egypt. waterlily, [[Nymphaea]] (Hdt.), of the libyan lotustree, [[Celtis australis]] (ι 93 f.), [[flute made from it]] (E.); on the meaning Strömberg Theophrastea 184, Carnoy REGr. 71, 95 f., Economos ClassJourn. 30, 424ff.<br />Compounds: Compp., e.g. <b class="b3">Λωτο-φάγοι</b> pl. People's name (Od.), <b class="b3">μελί-λωτος</b> m. (<b class="b3">-ον</b> n.) [[Melilotus]] (Sapph.).<br />Derivatives: [[λωτόεις]] [[rich in lotus]], prob. in [[λωτεῦντα]], <b class="b3">-οῦντα</b> for <b class="b3">-όεντα</b> ([[πεδία]], M 283), s. Schwyzer 527 n. 2; cf. Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 35 a. 351, REGr. 63, 283; [[λώτινος]] <b class="b2">consisting, made of l.</b> (Sapph., Anacr.); [[λωτάριον]] [[lotusflower]] (medic.), [[λῶταξ]] [[αὑλητής]]' (Zonar., Eust.). Denomin. verbs: 1. [[λωτίζομαι]] (<b class="b3">-ω</b> H.) <b class="b2">pick the flower, i.e. take the best</b> (A. Supp. 963), <b class="b3">ἀπο-λωτίζω</b> <b class="b2">take from someb. the flower</b> (E.), with [[λώτισμα]] [[the flower]], [[the best of something]] (A. Fr. 99, 18, E. Hel. 1593); cf. v. Wilamowitz Eur. Her. v. 476. - 2. [[λωτέω]] <b class="b2">play flute </b> (Zonar.); hardly in [[λωτεῦντα]] (M 283), s. [[λωτόεις]].<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Mediterranean word; after Lewy Fremdw. 46 from Hebr. <b class="b2">lōṭ</b> [[στακτή]]' (LXX Ge. 37, 25; 43, 11); also Arab. [[lādan]] > [[λάδανον]], [[λήδανον]], s. v.