lotus
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin lōtus, from Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtós).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈloʊtəs/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈləʊtəs/
Audio (Southern England) (file) Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊtəs
Noun
lotus (plural lotuses or loti)
- A kind of aquatic plant, genus Nelumbo in the family Nelumbonaceae.
- A water lily, genus Nymphaea, especially those of Egypt or India.
- A legendary plant eaten by the Lotophagi of the Odyssey that caused drowsiness and euphoria.
- A number of other plants bearing lotus in their scientific or common names (see Derived terms below).
- Diospyros lotus, date plum or Caucasian persimmon.
- Lotus, a terrestrial genus with small flowers that includes bird's-foot trefoils and deervetches.
- Ziziphus lotus, a shrub species with edible fruit.
- An architectural motif of ancient Egyptian temples.
- Short for lotus position.
- 1979, Charlie King (lyrics and music), “Vaguely Reminiscent of the Sixties (The Story)”:
- Since the '60s ended abruptly on January 1, 1970, everyone, protestors, police and all, fell to the ground in a full lotus.
Derived terms
terms derived from lotus
- American lotus (Nelumbo lutea)
- blue lotus (Nymphaea caerulea)
- Egyptian lotus (Egyptian water lily)
- honey-lotus
- honey lotus
- Indian lotus (Nelumbo nucifera)
- lotus birth
- lotus-eater
- lotus eater
- lotus-eating
- lotus effect
- lotus foot
- lotus jujube (Ziziphus lotus)
- lotus land
- lotus nut
- lotus position
- lotus root
- lotus seed
- lotus shoe
- lotustree (Ziziphus lotus)
- sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera)
- snow lotus (Saussurea involucrata)
- star lotus (Nymphaea nouchali)
- white lotus (Nymphaea lotus)
- yellow lotus (Nelumbo lutea)
Translations
plant of the genus Nelumbo
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Nymphaea — see water lily
legendary plant
Diospyros lotus — see date plum
Ziziphus lotus
Catalan
Derived terms
- lotus americà
- lotus blanc
- lotus blau
- lotus de l'Índia
Related terms
Further reading
- “lotus” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “lotus”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “lotus” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “lotus” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈloː.tʏs/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: lo‧tus
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin lōtus, from Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtós).
Noun
Derived terms
- blauwe lotus
- lotusbloem
Etymology 2
From the acronym of Landelijke Opleiding Tot Uitbeelding van Slachtoffers (literally “National Training Course for the Portrayal of Victims”).
Noun
lotus m or f (plural lotussen, diminutive lotusje n)
- (Netherlands, medicine slang) patient actor, simulated patient, standardized participant (a lay person person trained to portray medical conditions)
- Synonym: trauma-acteur
Derived terms
- lotusslachtoffer
Further reading
- “lotus” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin lōtus, from Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lo.tys/
Audio (file)
Further reading
- “lotus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlotʊs]
- Hyphenation: lo‧tus
Noun
lotus (first-person possessive lotusku, second-person possessive lotusmu, third-person possessive lotusnya)
Further reading
- “lotus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈloː.tus/, [ˈɫ̪oːt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlo.tus/, [ˈlɔːt̪us]
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | lōtus | lōta | lōtum | lōtī | lōtae | lōta | |
Genitive | lōtī | lōtae | lōtī | lōtōrum | lōtārum | lōtōrum | |
Dative | lōtō | lōtō | lōtīs | ||||
Accusative | lōtum | lōtam | lōtum | lōtōs | lōtās | lōta | |
Ablative | lōtō | lōtā | lōtō | lōtīs | |||
Vocative | lōte | lōta | lōtum | lōtī | lōtae | lōta |
Derived terms
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | lōtus | lōtūs |
Genitive | lōtūs | lōtuum |
Dative | lōtuī | lōtibus |
Accusative | lōtum | lōtūs |
Ablative | lōtū | lōtibus |
Vocative | lōtus | lōtūs |
Alternative forms
Noun
lōtus m (genitive lōtī); second declension
- The Egyptian water lily, Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea
- The date plum, Diospyros lotus
- The mythical lotus tree, possibly Ziziphus lotus
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | lōtus | lōtī |
Genitive | lōtī | lōtōrum |
Dative | lōtō | lōtīs |
Accusative | lōtum | lōtōs |
Ablative | lōtō | lōtīs |
Vocative | lōte | lōtī |
Derived terms
References
- “lotus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “lotus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lotus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- lotus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “lotus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlo.tus/
Declension
Further reading
- lotus in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
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