Ancient Greek

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸilomíli/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /filomíli/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /filomíli/

Proper noun

Φιλομήλη • ‎(Philomḗlē) f ‎(genitive Φιλομήλης); first declension

1. Philomela, a Greek female given name, particularly (mythology) the sister of Procne who was raped and mutilated by her brother-in-law Tereus.
2. (literary zoology, originally) The swallow.
3. (literary zoology, later) The nightingale.

Inflection

Descendants

• English: Philomel, Philomela
• French: Philomèle
• Greek: Φιλομήλη ‎(Filomíli)
• Latin: Philomela

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,021