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LNS

luscinia, lusciniae

for cluscinia; Sanscr. root cru, to hear; Gr., κλύω, ; Lat. clueo, to be famous, akin to gloria and cano;

ἀηδών

noun (f., 1^st declension)

Abbreviations

luscinia, ae, f. (luscinius, ii, m., Phaedr. 3, 18, 2 and 11; Sen. Ep. 76, 7; and, † luscinus, i, m., = ἀηδών, Gloss. Lat. Gr.) [for clus-cinia; Sanscr. root cru, to hear; Gr. κλύω; Lat. clueo, to be famous, akin to gloria and cano; hence, the melodious or glorious songstress], the nightingale, Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 81 sq.: luscinias soliti impenso prandere coemptas, Hor. S. 2, 3, 245: vox luscinii, Sen. Ep. 76, 9.