different between lotus vs waterlily

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin l?tus.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?lo?t?s/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?l??t?s/
• Rhymes: -??t?s

Noun

lotus (plural lotuses or 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.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• lotus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• louts, tolus

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin l?tus, from Ancient Greek ????? (l?tós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lo?.t?s/
• Hyphenation: lo?tus

Noun

lotus m (plural lotussen, diminutive lotusje n)

1. lotus, plant of the genus Nelumbo
2. used for certain plants of the genus Nymphaea

Derived terms

• blauwe lotus
• lotusbloem

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin l?tus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?.tys/

Noun

lotus m (plural lotus)

1. lotus

Further reading

• “lotus” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?lo?.tus/, [???o?t??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?lo.tus/, [?l??t?us]

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of lav? (“wash”).

Participle

l?tus (feminine l?ta, neuter l?tum); first/second-declension participle

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

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Alternative forms

• lautus

Etymology 2

Noun

l?tus m (genitive l?t?s); fourth declension

1. a washing, bathing

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Etymology 3

Variant form of l?tos, from Ancient Greek ????? (l?tós).

Alternative forms

• l?tos

Noun

l?tus m (genitive l?t?); second declension

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

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Derived terms

• l?taster

Descendants

• Translingual: Lotus
• Italian: loto

References

• 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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin l?tus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lo.tus/

Noun

lotus m (plural lotu?i)

1. lotus

Declension

English

Noun

waterlily (plural waterlilies)

1. Alternative spelling of water lily