sb. pl. Also 7 -ie. [L., a. Gr. Λωτοφάγοι, f. λωτό-ς LOTUS + φαγεῖν to eat.] The lotus-eaters; a people in Greek legend who lived on the fruit of the lotus, which was said to cause a dreamy forgetfulness in those who ate it.
1601. Holland, Pliny, I. 397.
1615. Chapman, Odyss., IX. 139. The shore, Where dwell the blossome-fed Lotophagie.
1725. Pope, Odyss., IX. 107. Lotos, the name; divine, nectareous juice! (Thence called Lotophagi.)
