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Phĭlŏmēla , ae, f., = Φιλομήλη.
I. Lit., daughter of Pandion, king of Athens, and sister of Progne; she was violated by her brother-in-law, Tereus, and was changed into a nightingale: “respondeo, Natas ex Philomelā atque ex Progne esse hirundines,” Plaut. Rud. 3, 1, 12; Hyg. Fab. 45; Ov. M. 6, 424 sq.; Verg. E. 6, 79 Serv.; Mart. 14, 75, 1.—
II. Transf., the nightingale (poet.), Verg. G. 4, 511.—
B. The swallow: “mortalium penatibus fiducialis nidos philomela suspendit,” Cassiod. Var. 8, 31.—
C. The name of a play, Juv. 7, 92.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 6.424
    • Plautus, Rudens, 3.1
    • Vergil, Georgics, 4.511
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