lotos

English

Etymology

From Latin lōtos. Doublet of lote.

Noun

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.

Anagrams

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

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlotos]

Noun

lotos m inan

1. lotus

Declension

Declension of lotos (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	lotos	lotosy
genitive	lotosu	lotosů
dative	lotosu	lotosům
accusative	lotos	lotosy
vocative	lotose	lotosy
locative	lotose, lotosu	lotosech
instrumental	lotosem	lotosy

Further reading

• “lotos”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “lotos”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Latin

lōtos (Egyptian water lily)

Alternative forms

• lōtus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtós).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type).

	singular	plural
nominative	lōtos	lōtī
genitive	lōtī	lōtōrum
dative	lōtō	lōtīs
accusative	lōton	lōtōs
ablative	lōtō	lōtīs
vocative	lōte	lōtī

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
• lotos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Polish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.tɔs/

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• Rhymes: -ɔtɔs
• Syllabification: lo‧tos

Noun

lotos m inan

1. lotus

Declension

Declension of lotos

	singular	plural
nominative	lotos	lotosy
genitive	lotosu	lotosów
dative	lotosowi	lotosom
accusative	lotos	lotosy
instrumental	lotosem	lotosami
locative	lotosie	lotosach
vocative	lotosie	lotosy

Further reading

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

Serbo-Croatian

Lotos

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lôtos/

Noun

lȍtos m (Cyrillic spelling ло̏тос)

1. lotus

Declension

Declension of lotos

	singular	plural
nominative	lotos	lotosi
genitive	lotosa	lotosa
dative	lotosu	lotosima
accusative	lotos	lotose
vocative	lotose	lotosi
locative	lotosu	lotosima
instrumental	lotosom	lotosima

Slovene

Lotos

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lóːtɔs/

Noun

lọ̑tos m inan

1. lotus

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	lótos
gen. sing.	lótosa
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	lótos	lótosa	lótosi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	lótosa	lótosov	lótosov
dative (dajȃlnik)	lótosu	lótosoma	lótosom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	lótos	lótosa	lótose
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	lótosu	lótosih	lótosih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	lótosom	lótosoma	lótosi

Further reading

• “lotos”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Spanish

Noun

lotos m pl

1. plural of loto