lotus, lota -um, lotior -or -us, lotissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
elegant, fashionable; sumptuous/luxurious; fine, well turned out; washed/clean;
Inflections
positive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | lotus | loti |
| Gen. | loti | lotorum |
| Dat. | loto | — |
| Acc. | lotum | lotos |
| Voc. | lote | loti |
| Abl. | loto | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | lota | lotae |
| Gen. | lotae | lotarum |
| Dat. | lotae | — |
| Acc. | lotam | lotas |
| Voc. | lota | lotae |
| Abl. | lota | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | lotum | lota |
| Gen. | loti | lotorum |
| Dat. | loto | — |
| Acc. | lotum | lota |
| Voc. | lotum | lota |
| Abl. | loto | — |
comparative
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | lotius | lotiora |
| Gen. | lotioris | — |
| Acc. | lotius | lotiora |
| Voc. | lotius | lotiora |
superlative
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | lotissimus | lotissimi |
| Gen. | lotissimi | lotissimorum |
| Dat. | lotissimo | — |
| Acc. | lotissimum | lotissimos |
| Voc. | lotissime | lotissimi |
| Abl. | lotissimo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | lotissima | lotissimae |
| Gen. | lotissimae | lotissimarum |
| Dat. | lotissimae | — |
| Acc. | lotissimam | lotissimas |
| Voc. | lotissima | lotissimae |
| Abl. | lotissima | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | lotissimum | lotissima |
| Gen. | lotissimi | lotissimorum |
| Dat. | lotissimo | — |
| Acc. | lotissimum | lotissima |
| Voc. | lotissimum | lotissima |
| Abl. | lotissimo | — |
Examples
Liber XIV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...sonat aes thermarum. Ludere pergis? Virgine vis sola lotus abire domum. CLXIV Discus. Splendida cum volitant Spartani pondera..."Liber XII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Frangendos calices effundendumque Falernum Clamabat, biberet quod modo lotus eques. A sene sed postquam patruo venere trecenta, Sobrius..."Liber VI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...placata leuisque, artificis leuior non potes esse manu. Lotus nobiscum est, hilaris cenauit, et idem inuentus mane..."Liber II
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...iterumque lauatur. Omnia cum fecit, sed renuente deo, lotus ad Europes tepidae buxeta recurrit, si quis ibi serum..."- L
Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...talis est, primas referens tenebras, nuntius noctis, modo lotus undis Hesperus, pulsis iterum tenebris Lucifer idem..." - M
Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...caedit excidit", "calcat exculcat" (et fit a "lavando" "lotus" et inde rursus "inlutus", et mille alia..." 
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...componere magnis parva), Neronea nec qui modo lotus in unda, hic iterum sudare neget. macte, oro, nitenti ingenio..."- G
Liber VI
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...eius sua securitate leniret, deferri in balineum iubet; lotus accubat cenat, aut hilaris aut — quod aeque magnum — similis..."