λωτός

Ancient Greek

Possibly from a Semitic source common to Hebrew לוט‎ (“myrrh”).

λωτός • (lōtós) m (genitive λωτοῦ); second declension

name of various fodder plants:
1. strawberry clover (Trifolium fragiferum)
2. birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)
3. fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum)
white lotus (Nymphaea lotus)
nettle tree (Celtis australis)
jujube (Ziziphus lotus)
(poetical) flute
(music) pipe inserted in the nabla
(medicine) tube or stalk of vaginal speculum

Second declension of ὁ λωτός; τοῦ λωτοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ λωτός ho lōtós	τὼ λωτώ tṑ lōtṓ	οἱ λωτοί hoi lōtoí
Genitive	τοῦ λωτοῦ toû lōtoû	τοῖν λωτοῖν toîn lōtoîn	τῶν λωτῶν tôn lōtôn
Dative	τῷ λωτῷ tôi lōtôi	τοῖν λωτοῖν toîn lōtoîn	τοῖς λωτοῖς toîs lōtoîs
Accusative	τὸν λωτόν tòn lōtón	τὼ λωτώ tṑ lōtṓ	τοὺς λωτούς toùs lōtoús
Vocative	λωτέ lōté	λωτώ lōtṓ	λωτοί lōtoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

λωτός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
λωτός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill

From Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtós), of uncertain origin. Possibly related to Semitic plant names such as Hebrew לוט‎ (“myrrh”).

λωτός • (lotós) m (plural λωτοί)

declension of λωτός