lotophagi
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of lotophagi
< Latin Lōtophagī < Greek Lōtophágoi. See lotus-eater
Example Sentences
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They are thus real Lotophagi, such as are mentioned by Herodotus.
From Scientific American • Mar. 18, 2013
It seems to produce in them a manner of dreamy enjoyment, which, exaggerated by time and distance, may have given rise to that splendid myth the Lotos, and the Lotophagi.
From First Footsteps in East Africa by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Tennyson lives in the land of the Lotophagi, in the Arabian Nights of the Bagdad of Caliph Haroun, and in the orchard lawns of King Arthur's Avalon.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 15, January, 1859 by Various
Hordes of half-naked Gauls were ranged next to companies of white clothed Iberians, and savage Ligurians next to the far-travelled Nasamones and Lotophagi.
From The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Waterloo by Creasy, Edward Shepherd, Sir
It produced in them," says Burton, "a manner of dreamy enjoyment, which exaggerated by time and distance, may have given rise to that splendid myth the Lotos and the Lotophagi.
From The Life of Sir Richard Burton by Wright, Thomas
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