philomela

See also: Philomela

Latin

Etymology

Figurative usage of Philomēla, 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) IPA^(key): /pʰi.loˈmeː.la/, [pʰɪɫ̪ɔˈmeːɫ̪ä]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fi.loˈme.la/, [filoˈmɛːlä]

Proper noun

philomēla f (genitive philomēlae); first declension

(literary zoology, originally) The swallow.
(literary zoology, mistakenly) The nightingale.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	philomēla	philomēlae
Genitive	philomēlae	philomēlārum
Dative	philomēlae	philomēlīs
Accusative	philomēlam	philomēlās
Ablative	philomēlā	philomēlīs
Vocative	philomēla	philomēlae

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

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