Phi*lom"a*thy (?), n. [Gr. &?;, &?;.] The love of learning or letters.
Phil"o*mel (?), n. Same as Philomela, the nightingale. [Poetic] Milton.
Cowper.
Phil`o*me"la (?), n. [L. philomela, Gr. &?;, according to the legend,
from &?; Philomela (daughter of Pandion, king of Athens), who was
changed into a nightingale.] 1. The nightingale; philomel. Shak.