lotos

English

Noun

lotos (plural lotoses)

  1. (botany) Dated form of lotus.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for lotos in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Czech

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈlotos]

Noun

lotos m

  1. lotus

Latin
lōtos (Egyptian water lily)

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtós).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈloː.tos/, [ˈɫoː.tɔs]

Noun

lōtos f or m (genitive lōtī); second declension

  1. The Egyptian lotus flower, Nymphaea caerulea
  2. The date-plum, Diospyros lotus
  3. The mythical lotus tree, possibly Ziziphus lotus

Inflection

Second declension, Greek type.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lōtos lōtī
Genitive lōtī lōtōrum
Dative lōtō lōtīs
Accusative lōton lōtōs
Ablative lōtō lōtīs
Vocative lōte lōtī

For the sense mythical lotus tree, Gaius Plinius Secundus used the nominative plural lōtoe in his Naturalis Historia.

References
  • lotos in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lotos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Polish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtós).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlɔ.tɔs/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

lotos m inan

  1. lotus

Declension
declension of lotos
singular plural
nominative lotos lotosy
genitive lotosu lotosów
dative lotosowi lotosom
accusative lotos lotosy
instrumental lotosem lotosami
locative lotosie lotosach
vocative lotosie lotosy

Serbo-Croatian
Lotos

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtós).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lôtos/

Noun

lȍtos m (Cyrillic spelling ло̏тос)

  1. lotus

Declension
Declension of lotos
singular plural
nominative lotos lotosi
genitive lotosa lotosa
dative lotosu lotosima
accusative lotos lotose
vocative lotose lotosi
locative lotosu lotosima
instrumental lotosom lotosima

Slovene
Lotos

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtós).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlóːtɔs/
  • Tonal orthography: lọ̑tos

Noun

lótos m inan (genitive lótosa, nominative plural lótosi)

  1. lotus

Declension
Declension of lótos (masculine inan., hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative lótos lótosa lótosi
accusative lótos lótosa lótose
genitive lótosa lótosov lótosov
dative lótosu lótosoma lótosom
locative lótosu lótosih lótosih
instrumental lótosom lótosoma lótosi
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