Prō̆gnē or Prō̆cnē, ēs, f., = Πρόκνη,
I Daughter of Pandion , king of Athens , sister of Philomela , and wife of Tereus; she was changed into a swallow : natae ex Philomelā atque ex Progne hirundines, Plaut. Rud. 3, 1, 12; Ov. M. 6, 440 sq.—
II Poet., transf., a swallow , Verg. G. 4, 15; Ov. F. 2, 855; id. Tr. 5, 1, 60.—
III An island near Rhodes , Plin. 5, 31, 36, § 133.