Definition of: Lotophagi

(lō·tof′ə·jī) noun plural
In the Odyssey, a people living on the northern coast of Africa who lived a life of indolence and forgetfulness induced by eating the fruit of the lotus: some of Odysseus' followers ate with them, and forgot their friends, homes, and native land. [<Gk. lōtophagoi <lōtos lotus + phagein eat]