lotus
lōtus, a, um, Part., from lavo.
lōtus, i, v. lotos.
lōtus, ūs, m. [lavo],
- a washing, bathing, Cels. 1, 3.
1. lōtus, a, um, s. lavo.
2. lōtus, ī, f., s. lōtos.
recept’ ‥ xij d. pro ~u bidencium
1 lōtus, a, um, part. de lavo.
2 lōtus, ī, f. , v. lotos.
Non possint fieri Loti sine Licentia Senatus sub pœna scutorum centum et amissione raubarum seu rerum positarum ad Lotum.Vide supra Loteria.
Item censivas argenti... portantes Lotos et ventas.Pluries ibi. Occurrit alia notione in Lotum.
lōtus and lōtos (1) ī, f
- , λωτός, the African lotus, edible nettle-tree, V., O.—The fruit of the lotus, O.—A flute (of lotus-wood), O.
lōtus (2)
- P. of lavo.
Lotus
(λωτός). The lotus. (1) A plant known to botanists as the Zizyphus lotus, or jujube. See Lotophagi.
(2) A species of waterlily (Nymphaea lotus) found on the Nile and regarded by the ancient Egyptians as sacred. It appears as a symbol of the Egyptian deities and is very prominent in works of art, especially in the capitals of columns, the prows of vessels, etc. See Goodyear, A Grammar of the Lotus (N. Y. 1892).