ლოტოსი • (lotosi) =lotus=λωτός

ლოტოსი • (lotosi) =lotus=λωτός

WIKTIONARY: Etymology

Variant form of lōtos, from Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtos).

 ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY

lotus (n.)

1540s, from Latin lotus, from Greek lotos, name used for several plants before it came to mean Egyptian white lotus (a sense attested in English from 1580s); perhaps from a Semitic source (cf. Hebrew lot "myrrh"). The yogic sense is attested from 1848. Lotus-eaters (1812) are from Greek lotophagoi, mentioned in "Odyssey," book IX.

1.	(in Greek mythology) a fruit that induces forgetfulness and a dreamy languor in those who eat it