lotos

lotos (plural lotoses)

1. (botany) Dated form of lotus.
   • 1895, Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow:

     A flock of pigeons circled about the tower of the Memorial Church; sometimes alighting on the purple tiled roof, sometimes wheeling downward to the lotos fountain in front of the marble arch.

• loots, sloot, sotol, stool, tools, tosol

• IPA^(key): [ˈlotos]

lotos m inan

1. lotus

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• lotos in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• lotos in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

• lōtus

From Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtós).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈloː.tos/, [ˈɫ̪oːt̪ɔs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.tos/, [ˈlɔːt̪os]

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

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) For the sense mythical lotus tree, Gaius Plinius Secundus used the nominative plural lōtoe in his Naturalis Historia.

• “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

From Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtós).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.tɔs/

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• Rhymes: -ɔtɔs
• Syllabification: lo‧tos

lotos m inan

1. lotus

• lotos in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• lotos in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtós).

• IPA^(key): /lôtos/

lȍtos m (Cyrillic spelling ло̏тос)

1. lotus

From Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtós).

• IPA^(key): /lóːtɔs/

lọ̑tos m inan

1. lotus

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• “lotos”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

lotos m pl

1. plural of loto