Philomela

专有名词
中文释义

英文释义

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

词形变化

Philomel alternative,archaic

词源

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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