Phĭlyra, ae, f., = Φιλύρα,
I a nymph , daughter of Oceanus , who bore to Saturn the Centaur Chiron , and was changed into a linden-tree , Verg. G. 3, 92; Val. Fl. 5, 153; Hyg. Fab. 138.—Hence,
A Phĭlyrēĭus and Phĭlyrēus , a, um, adj., Philyrean : Philyreius heros, i. e. Chiron , Ov. M. 2, 676: Philyreia (al. Philyrea) tecta, i. e. of Chiron , id. ib. 7, 352.—
B Phĭlyrĭdes ( Phill- ), ae, m., Chiron , the son of Philyra , Ov. A. A. 1, 11; Prop. 2, 1, 60; Verg. G. 3, 550; Mart. 2, 14, 6 (poët. met. grat. Phīllyr-).