Siren

Sīrēn ēnis, f

, Σιρήν, a Siren.—Plur., the Sirens (mvthical birds with virgins' faces, who enticed sailors by sweet songs and then destroyed them), C., H., O.: qui nullam Sirena flagellis Comparat, i. e. likes the sound of lashes better than any song, Iu.: improba Siren Desidia, seducer, H.