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αὐτόχειρες οὔτε τῶν ἀγαθῶν οὔτε τῶν κακῶν γίγνονται τῶν συμβαινόντων αὐτοῖς → for not with their own hands do they deal out the blessings and curses that befall us
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|Text=[[File:woodhouse_1021.jpg|thumb|link={{filepath:woodhouse_1021.jpg}}]]Φιλομήλη, ἡ, or say, <b class="b2">daughter of Pandion.</b> | |Text=[[File:woodhouse_1021.jpg|thumb|link={{filepath:woodhouse_1021.jpg}}]]Φιλομήλη, ἡ, or say, <b class="b2">daughter of Pandion.</b> | ||
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|lshtext=<b>Phĭlŏmēla</b>: ae, f., = Φιλομήλη.<br /><b>I</b> Lit., [[daughter]] of [[Pandion]], [[king]] of [[Athens]], and [[sister]] of [[Progne]]; she [[was]] violated by her [[brother]]-in-[[law]], [[Tereus]], and [[was]] changed [[into]] a [[nightingale]]: [[respondeo]], Natas ex Philomelā [[atque]] ex [[Progne]] esse hirundines, Plaut. Rud. 3, 1, 12; Hyg. Fab. 45; Ov. M. 6, 424 sq.; Verg. E. 6, 79 Serv.; Mart. 14, 75, 1.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., the [[nightingale]] ([[poet]].), Verg. G. 4, 511.—<br /> <b>B</b> The [[swallow]]: mortalium penatibus fiducialis nidos philomela suspendit, Cassiod. Var. 8, 31.—<br /> <b>C</b> The [[name]] of a [[play]], Juv. 7, 92. | |||
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Revision as of 08:51, 13 August 2017
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Φιλομήλη, ἡ, or say, daughter of Pandion.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Phĭlŏmēla: ae, f., = Φιλομήλη.
I Lit., daughter of Pandion, king of Athens, and sister of Progne; she was violated by her brother-in-law, Tereus, and was changed into a nightingale: respondeo, Natas ex Philomelā atque ex Progne esse hirundines, Plaut. Rud. 3, 1, 12; Hyg. Fab. 45; Ov. M. 6, 424 sq.; Verg. E. 6, 79 Serv.; Mart. 14, 75, 1.—
II Transf., the nightingale (poet.), Verg. G. 4, 511.—
B The swallow: mortalium penatibus fiducialis nidos philomela suspendit, Cassiod. Var. 8, 31.—
C The name of a play, Juv. 7, 92.
