lōtos and — Lewis and Short Latin Dictionary

lōtos and lōtus, i, f. (m., Mart. 8, 51, 14), = λωτός. The name of several plants. The Egyptian water-lily, Plin. 13, 17, 32, § 104.— 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.— A tree of Italy, the Italian persimmon, Plin. 16, 30, 53, § 121; 16, 44, 85, § 235 sq.— The date-plum (faba Graeca), Plin. 24, 2, 2, § 6.— Transf. The fruit of the lotus, Prop. 3, 12, 27; Ov. P. 4, 10, 18; Sil. 3, 311.— A flute (because made of lotus-wood): horrendo lotos adunca sono, Ov. F. 4, 190; Sil. 11, 432.

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