φιλομήλα

φιλομήλα, [ᾱ], ἡ, ion. φιλομήλη, die Nachtigall, weil nach der Sage Philomela in diesen Vogel verwandelt war, Luc. u. a.Sp.

φιλομήλα φῐλο-μήλᾱ, Ionic -λη, ἡ,

• the nightingale, because, acc. to the legend, Philomela was changed into this bird, Dem. deriv. uncertain