LOTOSとは 意味・読み方・使い方

アナグラム

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

Latin

lōtos (Egyptian water lily)

別の表記

• lōtus

語源

From Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtós).

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈloː.tos/, [ˈɫ̪oː.t̪ɔs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.tos/, [ˈlɔː.t̪ɔs]

名詞

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

語形変化

Second-declension noun (Greek-type).

For the sense mythical lotus tree, Gaius Plinius Secundus used the nominative plural lōtoe in his Naturalis Historia.

参照

• 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