λωτός,ὁ(λῶτα: ἄνθη, Hsch. is perh. forἄωτα), name applied to various plants and trees ( Thphr. HP 7.15.3 , Plin. HN 14.101 , cf. Hsch. ) providing fodder or fruit:
I. fodder plants,
1. clover, trefoil, Trifolium fragiferum, Od. 4.603 , Thphr. HP 7.8.3 , 7.13.5 , Dsc. 4.111 .
2. fellbloom, Lotus corniculatus, Il. 14.348 , Plin. HN 22.55 .
3.
= τῆλις ,fenugreek, Trigonella Foenum-graecum, Dsc. 2.102 ;λ. ἄγριος wild fenugreek, T. gladiata, Id. 4.111 , Gal. 12.65 .
4. melilot, T. graeca, Thphr. HP 9.7.3 .
b. Italian melilot, Melilotus messanensis, Dsc. 4.110 , Gal. l.c.
5.
= κύτισος ,Medicago arborea, Ps.- Dsc. 4.112 .
II. Nile water-lily, Egyptian lotus, Nymphaea Lotus, Hdt. 2.92 , Thphr. HP 4.8.9 , PHib. 1.152
(iii B.C.), Dsc. 4.113 , Plin. HN 13.107 ; the blue species (Nymphaea stellata), Thphr. HP 4.8.11 ; also,Nymphaea Nelumbo, Ath. 3.73a .