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λωτός
λωτός .λωτός, οῦ, the lotus, name of several plants. the Greek lotus, a plant on which horses fed, a kind of clover or trefoil, Hom. the Cyrenean lotus, an African shrub, whose fruit was the food of certain tribes on the coast, hence called Lotophagi, Od., Hdt. the Egyptian lotus, the lily of the Nile, Hdt. a North-African tree; from its hard black wood flutes were made:—hence Λιβὺς λωτός is used in Poets for a flute, Eur.

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the lotus; flute, pipe, tube

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λωτός .λωτός, οῦ, the lotus, name of several plants. the Greek lotus, a plant on which horses fed, a kind of clover or trefoil, Hom. the Cyrenean lotus, an African shrub, whose fruit was the food of certain tribes on the coast, hence called Lotophagi, Od., Hdt. the Egyptian lotus, the lily of the Nile, Hdt. a North-African tree; from its hard black wood flutes were made:—hence Λιβὺς λωτός is used in Poets for a flute, Eur.
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20082
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n20102
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lwto/s

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