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philomenare

philomenare [LL philomena+-are; cf. philomela] , to sing like a nightingale; b (w. acc.). ista videns quid dulce canam? quisnam philomenet, / tristia flens patrie funera, Petre, sue? L. Durh. Dial. I 71; non ibi fert fructus arbor, nec avis philomenat D. Bec. 359; si mens Deo philomenat [gl.: cantat Deo] Garl. SM 1154; 13‥ felix almiflui philomenat rector Olympi Anal. Hymn. LII 60.  b si fortuna tibi plenos philomenet honores D. Bec. 400; tibi sint monitores, / artibus instructi variis, sensu potiores, / quos persepe tuo philomenes munere pleno Ib. 1733.

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