† Philomelan.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin philomēla.

Etymology: < classical Latin philomēla nightingale < Philomēla , the name of the daughter of Pandion and sister of Procne, who was turned into a nightingale < ancient Greek Φιλομήλα . Compare French philomèle (1669), Spanish filomela (1598 or earlier), Portuguese filomela (1572), Italian Filomela (1475–78 or earlier), all poetic and literary. Compare earlier Philomene n.

poetic and literary. Obsolete.

= Philomel n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > genus Luscinia > luscinia megarhynchos (nightingale)

nightgaleeOE

nightingalec1275

nightbirdc1450

Philomenec1500

Philomela1563

Philomel1579

rossignol?1590

Daulian bird1894

1563 J. Hall Poesie in Forme of Vision xix I dyd shortly here: The warbling notes & songe so swete, of Philomela cleare.

1599 W. Shakespeare et al. Passionate Pilgrime (new ed.) sig. C While Philomela sits and sings.

1798 S. T. Coleridge Nightingale in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 65 O'er Philomela's pity-pleading strains.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

单词	philomela
释义	† Philomelan. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin philomēla. Etymology: < classical Latin philomēla nightingale < Philomēla , the name of the daughter of Pandion and sister of Procne, who was turned into a nightingale < ancient Greek Φιλομήλα . Compare French philomèle (1669), Spanish filomela (1598 or earlier), Portuguese filomela (1572), Italian Filomela (1475–78 or earlier), all poetic and literary. Compare earlier Philomene n. poetic and literary. Obsolete. = Philomel n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > genus Luscinia > luscinia megarhynchos (nightingale) nightgaleeOE nightingalec1275 nightbirdc1450 Philomenec1500 Philomela1563 Philomel1579 rossignol?1590 Daulian bird1894 1563 J. Hall Poesie in Forme of Vision xix I dyd shortly here: The warbling notes & songe so swete, of Philomela cleare. 1599 W. Shakespeare et al. Passionate Pilgrime (new ed.) sig. C While Philomela sits and sings. 1798 S. T. Coleridge Nightingale in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 65 O'er Philomela's pity-pleading strains. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < n.1563
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