- λωτός
- λωτόςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `lotus', name of several nutrimental plants, `Trifolium, Melilotus, Trigonella a. o.' (Il.), also of the Egypt. waterlily, `Nymphaea' (Hdt.), of the libyan lotustree, `Celtis australis' (ι 93 f.), `flute made from it' (E.); on the meaning Strömberg Theophrastea 184, Carnoy REGr. 71, 95 f., Economos ClassJourn. 30, 424ff.Compounds: Compp., e.g. Λωτο-φάγοι pl. People's name (Od.), μελί-λωτος m. (-ον n.) `Melilotus' (Sapph.).Derivatives: λωτόεις `rich in lotus', prob. in λωτεῦντα, -οῦντα for -όεντα (πεδία, M 283), s. Schwyzer 527 n. 2; cf. Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 35 a. 351, REGr. 63, 283; λώτινος `consisting, made of l.' (Sapph., Anacr.); λωτάριον `lotusflower' (medic.), λῶταξ 'αὑλητής' (Zonar., Eust.). Denomin. verbs: 1. λωτίζομαι (-ω H.) `pick the flower, i.e. take the best' (A. Supp. 963), ἀπο-λωτίζω `take from someb. the flower' (E.), with λώτισμα `the flower, the best of something' (A. Fr. 99, 18, E. Hel. 1593); cf. v. Wilamowitz Eur. Her. v. 476. - 2. λωτέω `play flute ' (Zonar.); hardly in λωτεῦντα (M 283), s. λωτόεις.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Mediterranean word; after Lewy Fremdw. 46 from Hebr. lōṭ 'στακτή' (LXX Ge. 37, 25; 43, 11); also Arab. lādan \> λάδανον, λήδανον, s. v.Page in Frisk: 2,153
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