philyra

1.

phĭlyra and phĭlŭra, ae, f., = philura, the linden-tree (pure Lat. tilia):

rari (libri) in philyrae cortice subnotati,

Mart. Cap. 2, § 136.—

II.

Transf.

A.

The inner bark of the linden-tree, of which bands for chaplets were made:

displicent nexae philyris coronae,

Hor. C. 1, 38, 2; Ov. F. 5, 337; Plin. 16, 14, 25, § 65; 19, 2, 9, § 31.—

B.

A sheet of the inner bark of the linden-tree prepared for writing upon, a writing-tablet, Dig. 32, 1, 52 prooem.—

C.

The skin or rind of the papyrus, Plin. 13, 11, 23, § 74.

2.

Phĭlyra, ae, f., = Philura, a nymph, daughter of Oceanus, who bore to Saturn the Centaur Chiron, and was changed into a linden-tree, Verg. G. 3, 92; Val. Fl. 5, 153; Hyg. Fab. 138.—Hence,

A.

Phĭlyrēĭus and Phĭlyrēus, a, um, adj., Philyrean:

Philyreius heros,

i. e. Chiron, Ov. M. 2, 676:

Philyreia (al. Philyrea) tecta,

i. e. of Chiron, id. ib. 7, 352.—

B.

Phĭlyrĭdes ( Phill- ), ae, m., Chiron, the son of Philyra, Ov. A. A. 1, 11; Prop. 2, 1, 60; Verg. G. 3, 550; Mart. 2, 14, 6 (poët. met. grat. Phīllyr-).