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lotophagus

lotophagus [CL < λωτοφάγος] , lotus-eater, (in quots., by assoc. w. letum, understood as) eater of the flesh of the dead: a (worm); b (person). a letus [v. l. in MS: letum] componitur ‥ hic lothophagus [MS: loto-], -gi, i. vermis mortuorum corpora comedens, nam φαγεῖν dicitur comedere, unde Ovidius ‥ ‘‥’ [Ov. Rem. 789] Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 299 (cf. ib. 323).  b 1243 quorum cadaveribus principes [Tattarorum] cum suis †cenofaris [? l. creofagis] aliisque lotofagis quasi pane vescentes nihil preter ossa vulturibus relinquebant (Lit. Ivonis Narb.) M. Par. Maj. IV 273.

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