Lotos, or Lotis, lotidis, A nimph % daughter of Neptune, which fleeyng from Priapus, was turned into a tree of that name.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
Lōtis, ĭdis, and Lōtos, i, f., = *lwti/s, *lwto/s, a nymph, daughter of Neptune, who was changed into the lotus-tree: Lotis, Ov. M. 9, 347; id. F. 1, 415: Lotos, Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 84.
lōtos and lōtus, i, f. (m., Mart. 8, 51, 14), = lwto/s. I.The name of several plants. A.The Egyptian water-lily, Plin. 13, 17, 32, 104.—B.A tree on the northern coast of Africa, the food of the Lotophagi, the lotustree, edible nettle-tree, contrasted with the former of the same name, Plin. 13, 17, 32, 101 sqq.; Verg. G. 2, 84; id. Cul. 123.— C.A tree of Italy, the Italian persimmon, Plin. 16, 30, 53, 121; 16, 44, 85, 235 sq.— D.The date-plum (faba Graeca), Plin. 24, 2, 2, 6.—II.Transf.A.The fruit of the lotus, Prop. 3, 12, 27; Ov. P. 4, 10, 18; Sil. 3, 311.—B.A flute (because made of lotus-wood): horrendo lotos adunca sono, Ov. F. 4, 190; Sil. 11, 432.