Λωτοφάγος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λωτός (lōtós, “lotus”) +‎ φᾰγεῖν (phăgeîn, “to eat”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lɔː.to.pʰá.ɡos/ → /lo.toˈɸa.ɣos/ → /lo.toˈfa.ɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lɔː.to.pʰá.ɡos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /lo.toˈpʰa.ɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /lo.toˈɸa.ɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /lo.toˈfa.ɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /lo.toˈfa.ɣos/

Noun

Λωτοφᾰ́γος • (Lōtophắgos) m (genitive Λωτοφᾰ́γου); second declension

1. one of the Lotophagi

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Λωτοφᾰ́γος; τοῦ Λωτοφᾰ́γου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Λωτοφᾰ́γος ho Lōtophắgos	τὼ Λωτοφᾰ́γω tṑ Lōtophắgō	οἱ Λωτοφᾰ́γοι hoi Lōtophắgoi
Genitive	τοῦ Λωτοφᾰ́γου toû Lōtophắgou	τοῖν Λωτοφᾰ́γοιν toîn Lōtophắgoin	τῶν Λωτοφᾰ́γων tôn Lōtophắgōn
Dative	τῷ Λωτοφᾰ́γῳ tôi Lōtophắgōi	τοῖν Λωτοφᾰ́γοιν toîn Lōtophắgoin	τοῖς Λωτοφᾰ́γοις toîs Lōtophắgois
Accusative	τὸν Λωτοφᾰ́γον tòn Lōtophắgon	τὼ Λωτοφᾰ́γω tṑ Lōtophắgō	τοὺς Λωτοφᾰ́γους toùs Lōtophắgous
Vocative	Λωτοφᾰ́γε Lōtophắge	Λωτοφᾰ́γω Lōtophắgō	Λωτοφᾰ́γοι Lōtophắgoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Λωτοφάγος (Lotofágos)
  • plural: Λωτοφάγοι (Lotofágoi)
• Latin: Lōtophagus

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015