‖ Lotophagi, n. pl.
(ləʊˈtɒfədʒaɪ)
Also 7 -ie.
[L., a. Gr. λωτοϕάγοι, f. λωτό-ς lotus + ϕαγεῖν to eat.]
The lotus-eaters; a people in Greek legend who lived on the fruit of the lotus, which was said to cause a dreamy forgetfulness in those who ate it.
| 1601 Holland Pliny I. 397. 1615 Chapman Odyss. ix. 139 The shore, Where dwell the blossome-fed Lotophagie. 1725 Pope Odyss. ix. 107 Lotos, the name; divine, nectareous juice! (Thence called Lotophagi.) |