Lotophagin.

Brit.

/ləʊˈtɒfədʒʌɪ/,

/ləʊˈtɒfəɡʌɪ/, U.S.

/loʊˈtɑfəˌdʒaɪ/,

/loʊˈtɑfəˌɡaɪ/

Forms: 1500s– Lotophagi, 1600s Lotofagi, 1600s Lotophagie, 1900s– Lotophagoi. Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin Lōtophagī; Greek Λωτοϕάγοι.

Etymology: < classical Latin Lōtophagī, plural, and its etymon ancient Greek Λωτοϕάγοι, plural < λωτός lotus n. + -ϕαγοι , plural of -ϕαγος (see -phagous comb. form). Compare Middle French Lotofages, plural (1562 or earlier; French Lotophages).

Greek Mythology.

With plural agreement. A people represented in Homer's Odyssey as living in a state of dreamy forgetfulness and idleness as a result of eating the fruit of the lotus (lotus n. 2); the lotus-eaters (lotus-eater n. 1).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > lazy person > in luxurious ease > in Greek legend > collectively

Lotophagi1563

1563 L. Humphrey Nobles or of Nobilitye Ep. Ded. sig. A.v^v Vlisses we reade in the Odissees..trauayled to, but abode not wyth the Lotophagi.

1572 T. Twyne tr. Dionysius Periegetes Surueye World sig. Aviii A Citie,..inhabited by the people that were called Lotophagi [Gk. Λωτοϕάγοι],..a Nation verye friendlye too straungers, whyche in tymes past receyued Vlysses wyth verye gentle and curteous entertaynmente.

?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) ix. 139 The shore, Where dwell the blossome-fed Lotophagie [Gk. Λωτοϕάϕων].

1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. ix. 107 Lotos the name, divine, nectareous juice! (Thence call'd Lotophagi).

1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 114 The Jujube and the Lote, the latter of which is now known to have given their name to the classical Lotophagi.

1965 E. Dahlberg Reasons of Heart 53 Spite of our knowledge of the lotophagi, whose most sensual entertainment is oblivion, we trouble them with thorny counsel.

2008 Washington Times (Nexis) 13 June a27 When landing on the territory of the cult-like Lotophagi, Ulysses's crew was given a flower to eat.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lotophagi
释义	Lotophagin. Brit. /ləʊˈtɒfədʒʌɪ/, /ləʊˈtɒfəɡʌɪ/, U.S. /loʊˈtɑfəˌdʒaɪ/, /loʊˈtɑfəˌɡaɪ/ Forms: 1500s– Lotophagi, 1600s Lotofagi, 1600s Lotophagie, 1900s– Lotophagoi. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin Lōtophagī; Greek Λωτοϕάγοι. Etymology: < classical Latin Lōtophagī, plural, and its etymon ancient Greek Λωτοϕάγοι, plural < λωτός lotus n. + -ϕαγοι , plural of -ϕαγος (see -phagous comb. form). Compare Middle French Lotofages, plural (1562 or earlier; French Lotophages). Greek Mythology. With plural agreement. A people represented in Homer's Odyssey as living in a state of dreamy forgetfulness and idleness as a result of eating the fruit of the lotus (lotus n. 2); the lotus-eaters (lotus-eater n. 1). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > lazy person > in luxurious ease > in Greek legend > collectively Lotophagi1563 1563 L. Humphrey Nobles or of Nobilitye Ep. Ded. sig. A.v^v Vlisses we reade in the Odissees..trauayled to, but abode not wyth the Lotophagi. 1572 T. Twyne tr. Dionysius Periegetes Surueye World sig. Aviii A Citie,..inhabited by the people that were called Lotophagi [Gk. Λωτοϕάγοι],..a Nation verye friendlye too straungers, whyche in tymes past receyued Vlysses wyth verye gentle and curteous entertaynmente. ?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) ix. 139 The shore, Where dwell the blossome-fed Lotophagie [Gk. Λωτοϕάϕων]. 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. ix. 107 Lotos the name, divine, nectareous juice! (Thence call'd Lotophagi). 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 114 The Jujube and the Lote, the latter of which is now known to have given their name to the classical Lotophagi. 1965 E. Dahlberg Reasons of Heart 53 Spite of our knowledge of the lotophagi, whose most sensual entertainment is oblivion, we trouble them with thorny counsel. 2008 Washington Times (Nexis) 13 June a27 When landing on the territory of the cult-like Lotophagi, Ulysses's crew was given a flower to eat. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1563
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