lotus-eater
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lotus-eater
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Calque of Ancient Greek Λωτοφάγος (Lōtophágos), described in the epic poem the Odyssey, Book IX.
noun lotus-eaters · lotus eater · lotos-eater · lotos eater
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A member of the legendary people living on an island dominated by the lotus tree, who have forgotten their homes due to the fruits' narcotic and stupefying effect.
Men of Ithaca, this is meeter, / In the hollow rosy vale to tarry, / Like a dreamy Lotos-eater, a delirious Lotos-eater!
Similar: Lotophagi
- Someone with a carefree, idyllic life. Our readers will, we think, agree that this is admirably characteristic, and that the singers of this song must have made pretty free with the intoxicating fruit. How they got home you must read in Homer:—Mr. Tennyson—himself, we presume, a dreamy lotus-eater, a delicious lotus-eater—leaves them in
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noun one of the Lotophagi
| Español | lotófago |
|---|---|
| Português | lotófago |
| Français | Lotophages |
| Deutsch | Lotophage, Lotosesser |
| Italiano | lotofago |
| Ελληνικά | λωτοφάγοι lotofágoi |
| Русский | лотофа́ги lotofági |
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