lw`po"
lw`po" , tov , = lwvph , Theocr.
lw`/sto"
lw`/sto" , h, on , Sup. Adj ., v. lwivwn .
lwtivzomai
lwtivzomai , ( lw`to" ) Med. to choose for oneself, cull the best, Aesch.
lwvtino"
lwvtiØno" , h, on , ( lwtov" ) made of lotus-wood, Theocr.
lwvtisma
lwvtisma , ato", tov , a flower: metaph. the fairest, choicest, best, Eur.
lwtovei"
lwtovei" , essa, en , overgrown with lotus, pediva lwteu`nta ( Ion. for -oventa ) lotus- plains, Il.
lwtov", LWTO vS
LWTO vS , ou`, oJ , the lotus, name of several plants.
I.
the Greek lotus,
a plant on which horses fed, a kind of
clover
or
trefoil,
Hom.
II.
the Cyrenean lotus,
an African shrub, whose fruit was the food of certain tribes on the coast, hence called
Lotophagi,
Od.,
Hdt.
III.
the Egyptian lotus, the lily of the Nile,
Hdt.
IV.
a North-African tree;
from its hard black wood flutes were made:—hence
Libu;" lwtov"
is used in Poets for
a flute,
Eur.
lwtotrovfo"
lwto-trovfo" , on , ( lwtov" 1) producing lotus, Eur.
lwtofavgoi
lwto-favgoi , oiJ , ( lwtov" II ) the Lotus-eaters, a peaceful people on the coast of Cyrenaïca, Od., Hdt.
lwfavw
lwfavw , f. hvsw , to rest from toil, take rest, Il.
2. c. gen. to take rest or abate from, recover from, covlou Aesch .; povnou Soph .; l. ajpo; novsou kai; polevmou Thuc.
3.
to abate,
of a disease, Id.
II.
trans.
to lighten, relieve,
oJ lwfhvswn ga;r ouj pevfukev pw
Aesch.
(Deriv. uncertain.) Hence
lwfhvio"
lwfhvio"
lwfhvio" , a, on , relieving, l. iJerav expiatory offerings, Ap.