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philomela

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Definition of philomela

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

name

  1. A female given name.
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name

  1. A female given name.
  2. (Greek)the sister of Procne who is raped and mutilated by her brother-in-law Tereus and supposedly transformed into a bird by the gods.
  3. (literary)The nightingale.

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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".

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