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|lshtext=<b>phĭlyra</b>: and phĭlŭra, ae, f., = [[φιλύρα]]>,<br /><b>I</b> the [[linden]]-[[tree]] ([[pure]] Lat. [[tilia]]): rari (libri) in philyrae cortice subnotati, Mart. Cap. 2, § 136.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> The [[inner]] [[bark]] of the [[linden]]-[[tree]], of [[which]] bands for chaplets were made: displicent nexae philyris coronae, Hor. C. 1, 38, 2; Ov. F. 5, 337; Plin. 16, 14, 25, § 65; 19, 2, 9, § 31.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A [[sheet]] of the [[inner]] [[bark]] of the [[linden]]-[[tree]] [[prepared]] for [[writing]] [[upon]], a [[writing]]-[[tablet]], Dig. 32, 1, 52 prooem.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> The [[skin]] or [[rind]] of the [[papyrus]], Plin. 13, 11, 23, § 74.