Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

λωτοτρόφος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λωτοτρόφος λωτοτρόφον

Structure: λωτοτροφ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: lwto/s I

Sense

  1. producing lotus

Examples

  • ηὑρ͂ε δ’ ἐν Ἠλέκτραισι πύλαισ τέκνα λωτοτρόφον κατὰ λείμακα λόγχαισ, κοινὸν ἐνυάλιον, μάτηρ, ὥστε λέοντασ ἐναύλουσ, μαρναμένουσ ἐπὶ τραύμασιν, αἵματοσ ἤδη ψυχρὰν λοιβὰν φονίαν, ἃν ἔλαχ’ Αἵδασ, ὤπασε δ’ Ἄρησ· (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode, lyric 3:9)

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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