different between nymphaea vs lotus

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /n?m?fi??/

Etymology 1

From Latin nymphaea, from Ancient Greek ??????? (numphaîa), feminine singular form of ???????? (numphaîos, “sacred to the nymphs”), from ????? (númph?, “nymph”).

Noun

nymphaea (plural nymphaeas)

1. (botany) Originally, the European white water lily; later also, a species of the genus Nymphaea.

Etymology 2

Inflected forms.

Noun

nymphaea

1. plural of nymphaeum

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (numphaía).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /nym?p?ae?.a/, [n?m?p?äe?ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /nim?fe.a/, [nim?f???]

Noun

nymphaea f (genitive nymphaeae); first declension

1. water lily

Declension

First-declension noun.

Related terms

• nympha

Descendants

• Translingual: Nymphaea

References

• nymphaea in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• nymphaea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• nymphaea in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

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