Philomela
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin Philomela, from Ancient Greek Φιλομήλη (Philomḗlē), from φίλος (phílos, “love”) + μῆλον (mêlon, “apple; fruit; sheep”), but folk-etymologized since at least Ovid's time as "lover of song".
Proper noun
Philomela
- A female given name
- (Greek mythology) the sister of Procne who is raped and mutilated by her brother-in-law Tereus and supposedly transformed into a bird by the gods.
- (literary zoology) The nightingale.
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φιλομήλη (Philomḗlē, from φίλος (phílos, “love”) + μῆλον (mêlon, “apple; fruit; sheep”)), but folk-etymologized since at least Ovid's time as "lover of song".
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /pʰi.loˈmeː.la/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fi.loˈme.la/,
Proper noun
Philomēla f sg (genitive Philomēlae); first declension
- a female given name from Ancient Greek
- (Greek mythology) the sister of Procne who is raped and mutilated by her brother-in-law Tereus and supposedly transformed into a swallow by the gods.
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Philomēla |
| Genitive | Philomēlae |
| Dative | Philomēlae |
| Accusative | Philomēlam |
| Ablative | Philomēlā |
| Vocative | Philomēla |
Derived terms
References
- “Phĭlŏmēla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Phĭlŏmēla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.