Phyllis

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Phyllis, ĭdis and ĭdos, f., = Φυλλίς.

I Daughter of King Sithon of Thrace; she was changed into an almond-tree , Ov. H. 2, 98; Hyg. Fab. 59, 243; Plin. 16, 26, 45, § 108; Serv. Verg. E. 5, 10; Pers. 1, 34.—

B Transf., an almond-tree , Pall. Insit. 149. —

II A female proper name , Verg. E. 3, 78; Hor. C. 4, 11, 3; cf. Suet. Dom. 17.

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