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Phyllis , ĭdis and ĭdos, f., = Φυλλίς.
I. Daughter of King Sithon of Thrace; she was changed into an almond-tree, Ov. H. 2, 98; Hyg. Fab. 59, 243; Plin. 16, 26, 45, § 108; Serv. Verg. E. 5, 10; Pers. 1, 34.—
B. Transf., an almond-tree, Pall. Insit. 149. —
II. A female proper name, Verg. E. 3, 78; Hor. C. 4, 11, 3; cf. Suet. Dom. 17.
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    • Suetonius, Domitianus, 17
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 16.108
    • Persius, Saturae, 1
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