Λωτοφάγοι

Λωτο-φάγοι [ᾰ], οἱ, (λωτός III. 2)

• Lotus-eaters, a mythical people on the coast of North Africa, Od. 9.84, Hdt. 4.177, cf. X. An. 3.2.25, Scyl. 22, Plb. 1.39.2:—their country was perh. called Λωτοφᾰγία, ἡ, Thphr. HP 4.3.2 (dub.l.): hence Adj. fem. Λωτοφᾰγῖτις Σύρτις Str. 17.3.17.