Philomela
Latin
proper noun
Definitions
- A female given name, particularly (mythology) the sister of Procne who is raped and mutilated by her brother-in-law Tereus and supposedly transformed into a swallow by the gods.
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φιλομήλη, φίλος (beloved, loving, love, friend, dear, friendly) + Ancient Greek μῆλον (apple, sheep, tree fruit, fruit, lamb, goat).
Origin
Ancient Greek
μῆλον
Gloss
apple, sheep, tree fruit, fruit, lamb, goat
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
果, 実
Emoji
🍎 🍏 🦔
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -philic English
- -philous English
- Philomela English
- malt English
- pamphlet English
- -phila Latin
- Philoxenus Latin
- acidophilus Latin
- malus Latin
- philomela Latin
- -filo Italian
- philanthrope French
- philogynie French
- -filo Spanish, Castilian
- Διόφιλος Ancient Greek
- Θρασύμηλος Ancient Greek
- Φίληβος Ancient Greek
- Φιλοκράτης Ancient Greek
- Φιλοκτήτης Ancient Greek
- Φιλομήλη Ancient Greek
- Φιλόδημος Ancient Greek
- Φιλόλαος Ancient Greek
- Φιλόξενος Ancient Greek
- μήλινος Ancient Greek
- μήλωθρον Ancient Greek
- μηλάτης Ancient Greek
- μηλοκυδώνιον Ancient Greek
- μηλοπέπων Ancient Greek
- μηλοφύλαξ Ancient Greek
- μῆλον Ancient Greek
- φίλος Ancient Greek
- φιλέω Ancient Greek
- φιλοψευδής Ancient Greek
- φιλόδοξος Ancient Greek
- φιλότης Ancient Greek
- φιλύρα Ancient Greek
- χαμαίμηλον Ancient Greek
- ἁμαμηλίς Ancient Greek
- *meh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- -filo Portuguese
- marmelo Portuguese
- -fileach Irish
- -filo Galician
- -φιλος Greek (modern)
- μήλο Greek (modern)
- φίλος Greek (modern)
- filsafat Indonesian
- מלפפון Hebrew (modern)
- filipsescu Aromanian
- מלפפון Aramaic
- *pʰílos Proto-Hellenic