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Lotophagi
‖ 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...
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Nymphaea lotus
The white lotus is a candidate for the plant eaten by the Lotophagi of Homer's Odyssey.
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lotophagous
lotophagous, a. rare. (ləʊˈtɒfəgəs) [See prec. and -ous.] Lotus-eating, resembling the Lotophagi. Hence loˈtophagously adv.1855 Emerson in Corr. w. Carlyle II. 244, I have even fancied you did me a harm by the valued gift of Antony Wood; which and the like of which I take a lotophagous pleasure in e...
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Nymphaea nouchali
N. nouchali might have been one of the plants eaten by the Lotophagi of Homer's Odyssey.
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Lotus tree
mentioned in Homer's Odyssey as bearing a fruit that caused a pleasant drowsiness, and which was said to be the only food of an island people called the Lotophagi
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lotus-eater
lotus-eater Also lotos-. a. One of the Lotophagi. b. transf. One who gives himself up to dreamy and luxurious ease.1832 Tennyson (title) The Lotos-eaters. 1838 Thirlwall Greece II. xii. 95 The fable of the Lotus-eaters. 1847 W. E. Forster 27 Aug. in T. W. Reid Life (1888) I. vii. 209 He [Carlyle] is...
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lotus
lotus (ˈləʊtəs) (Also lotos 7 erron. lutes.) Pl. lotuses. [a. L. lōtus, Gr. λωτός, the name of several dissimilar plants; it is not known whether the word in the various applications is etymologically identical; in sense 3 Herodotus speaks of it as Egyptian.] 1. The plant yielding the fruit which wa...
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Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea
The mildly sedating effects of N. caerulea makes it a candidate (among several) for the fruit of the lotus tree eaten by the mythical Lotophagi in Homer's
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Lotus-eaters
Etymology
In English, the lotus-eaters (, lōtophágoi), are also referred to as the lotophagi or lotophaguses (singular lotophagus ) or lotophages (singular
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lote
▪ I. lote, n.1 arch. (ləʊt) Also 6 lot. [Anglicized form of lotus.] = lotus in various senses. 1. The Nettle-tree: = lote-tree a.c 1510 Barclay Mirr. Gd. Manners (1570) F iij, In hye grounde or hilles reioyseth the Peretree, But the Lote and Planetree where waters often flowe. 1597 Gerarde Herbal ii...
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zizyphus
‖ zizyphus Bot. (ˈzɪzɪfəs) Also -iphus (5 -ifus); 8 anglicized ziziph. [late L., ad. Gr. ζίζυϕον.] A plant of a large widely distributed genus so named, which comprises spiny shrubs or trees of the buckthorn family, various species of which bear an edible fruit called zizypha or jujube, q.v.c 1440 P...
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The Lotus Eaters (Weinbaum)
This prompts Burlingame to name their species Lotophagi veneris – the lotus eaters of Venus.
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希腊神话人名译名列表
勒忒
Leto 勒托
Leucippe 琉喀珀
Leucippus 琉喀波斯
Leucothea 琉科忒亚
Leucothoe 琉科托厄
Lichas 利卡斯
Limus 利摩斯
Linus 利诺斯
Liriope 利里俄珀
Locris 罗克里斯
Lotus-Eaters,Lotophagi
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Outernet (novel series)
The Arachnians analyse the protagonists' saliva to produce food perfectly catered to their tastes: both of these facets allude to the mythological Lotophagi
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