English

Noun

lotos ‎(plural lotoses)

1. (botany) Dated form of lotus.

Czech

Noun

lotos m

1. lotus

Latin

lōtos (Egyptian water lily)

Alternative forms

• lōtus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λωτός ‎(lōtós).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

lōtos f, 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.

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “lotos”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Polish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λωτός ‎(lōtós).

Pronunciation

Noun

lotos m inan

1. lotus

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Lotos

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λωτός ‎(lōtós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lôtos/

Noun

lȍtos m ‎(Cyrillic spelling ло̏тос)

1. lotus

Declension

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