English-Thai Dictionary

philomel

N นก ไน ติง เก ล  philomela

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PHILOMEL, PHILOMELA

n.[from Philomela, daughter of Pandion, king of Athens, who was changed into a nightingale. ] The nightingale.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PHILOMEL

PHILOMEL Phil "o *mel, n.

 

Defn: Same as Philomela, the nightingale. [Poetic ] Milton. Cowper.

 

PHILOMELA

Phil `o *me "la, n. Etym: [L. philomela, Gr.

 

1. The nightingale; philomel. Shak.

 

2. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A genus of birds including the nightingales.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Philomela

Phil o me la |ˌfiləˈmēlə ˌfɪləˈmilə |(also Philomel |ˈfiləˌmel |) Greek Mythology the daughter of Pandion, king of Athens. She was turned into a swallow and her sister Procne into a nightingale (or, in Latin versions, into a nightingale with Procne the swallow ) when they were being pursued by the cruel Tereus, who had married Procne and raped Philomela. ORIGIN earlier as philomene, from medieval Latin philomena, from Latin philomela ‘nightingale, ’ from Greek philomēla.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Philomel

Philomel |ˈfɪləmɛl |(also Philomela |ˌfɪləˈmiːlə |) Greek Mythology the daughter of Pandion, king of Athens. She was turned into a swallow and her sister Procne into a nightingale (or, in Latin versions, into a nightingale with Procne the swallow ) when they were being pursued by the cruel Tereus, who had married Procne and raped Philomel.

 

Duden Dictionary

Philomela

Phi lo me la Eigenname Philomele |Philom e la |weiblicher Vorname

 

Philomela

Phi lo me la Substantiv, feminin dichterisch , die Philomele |Philom e la |die Philomela; Genitiv: der Philomela, Plural: die Philomelen lateinisch philomela < griechisch Philomḗla, Name der Tochter des Königs Pandion von Athen, die in der Sage in eine Nachtigall verwandelt wird Nachtigall

 

Philomele

Phi lo me le Eigenname Philomela |Philom e le |weiblicher Vorname

 

Philomele

Phi lo me le Substantiv, feminin dichterisch , die Philomela |Philom e le |die Philomele; Genitiv: der Philomele, Plural: die Philomelen lateinisch philomela < griechisch Philomḗla, Name der Tochter des Königs Pandion von Athen, die in der Sage in eine Nachtigall verwandelt wird Nachtigall