lotusとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from Latin lōtus.

発音

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈloʊtəs/
• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈləʊtəs/
• 韻: -əʊtəs

名詞

lotus (複数形 lotuses または loti)

1. A kind of aquatic plant, genus Nelumbo in the family Nelumbonaceae.
2. A water lily, genus Nymphaea, especially those of Egypt or India.
3. A legendary plant eaten by the Lotophagi of the Odyssey that caused drowsiness and euphoria.
4. A number of other plants bearing lotus in their scientific or common names (see Derived terms below).
   1. Diospyros lotus, date plum or Caucasian persimmon.
   2. Lotus, a terrestrial genus with small flowers that includes bird's-foot trefoils and deervetches.
   3. Ziziphus lotus, a shrub species with edible fruit.
5. An architectural motif of ancient Egyptian temples.

派生語

Further reading

• lotus on Wikipedia.

アナグラム

• louts, tolus

Latin

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈloː.tus/, [ˈɫ̪oː.t̪ʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.tus/, [ˈlɔː.t̪us]

語源 1

Perfect passive participle of lavō (“wash”).

Participle

lōtus (feminine lōta, neuter lōtum); first/second-declension participle

1. washed, bathed, having been washed
2. elegant, luxurious
3. fashionable, refined

語形変化

First/second-declension adjective.

別の表記

• lautus

名詞

lōtus m (genitive lōtūs); fourth declension

1. a washing, bathing

語形変化

Fourth-declension noun.

語源 3

lōtus (Egyptian water lily)

Variant form of lōtos, from Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtós).

別の表記

• lōtos

名詞

lōtus m (genitive lōtī); second declension

1. The Egyptian water lily, Nymphaea caerulea
2. The date plum, Diospyros lotus
3. The mythical lotus tree, possibly Ziziphus lotus

語形変化

Second-declension noun.

派生語

• lōtaster

派生した語

• Translingual: Lotus
• Italian: loto

参照

• lotus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lotus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lotus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• lotus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• lotus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers