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Λωτοφάγος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Λωτοφάγος Λωτοφάγου

Structure: Λωτοφαγ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. one of the Lotophagi

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • πλὴν τό γε παράδειγμα,, τὴν τῶν Λωτοφάγων καὶ Σειρήνων εἰκόνα, πάνυ ἀνομοιοτάτην μοι δοκεῖσ εἰρηκέναι ὧν πέπονθα, παρ’ ὅσον τοῖσ μὲν τοῦ λωτοῦ γευσαμένοισ καὶ τῶν Σειρήνων ἀκούσασιν ὄλεθροσ ἦν τῆσ τε ἐδωδῆσ καὶ τῆσ ἀκροάσεωσ τοὐπιτίμιον, ἐμοὶ δὲ πρὸσ τῷ τὴν ἡδονὴν παρὰ πολὺ ἡδίω πεφυκέναι ^ καὶ τό τέλοσ ἀγαθὸν ἀποβέβηκεν οὐ γὰρ εἰσ λήθην τῶν οἴκοι οὐδ’ εἰσ ἀγνωσίαν τῶν κατ’ ἐμαυτὸν περιίσταμαι, ἀλλ’ εἰ χρὴ μηδὲν ὀκνήσαντα εἰπεῖν, μακρῷ πινυτώτεροσ καὶ τῶν ἐν τῷ βίῳ διορατικώτεροσ ἐκ τοῦ θεάτρου σοι ἐπανελήλυθα. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 4:2)
  • καὶ καταντᾷ εἰσ τὴν Λωτοφάγων χώραν καὶ πέμπει τινὰσ μαθησομένουσ τοὺσ κατοικοῦντασ· (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book E, chapter 7 3:1)
  • μισῶ Λωτοφάγων γλυκερὴν λιπόπατριν ἐδωδήν· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 15, chapter 12 1:4)
  • ἐκ γῆσ Λωτοφάγων μέγασ ὄρχαμοσ ἦλθε Λυκάων Χαλκίδοσ ἐκ γαίησ ἀντιοχευόμενοσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 2841)
  • ἀλλὰ γὰρ δέδοικα μή, ἂν ἅπαξ μάθωμεν ἀργοὶ ζῆν καὶ ἐν ἀφθόνοισ βιοτεύειν, καὶ Μήδων δὲ καὶ Περσῶν καλαῖσ καὶ μεγάλαισ γυναιξὶ καὶ παρθένοισ ὁμιλεῖν, μὴ ὥσπερ οἱ λωτοφάγοι ἐπιλαθώμεθα τῆσ οἴκαδε ὁδοῦ. (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 2 27:1)

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