(adjective) : Phĭlyra, ae, f., = Φιλύρα
* 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
* Phĭlyrēĭus and Phĭlyrēus, a, um, , Philyrean: Philyreius heros,i. e. Chiron,Ov. M. 2, 676: Philyreia (al. Philyrea) tecta,i. e. of Chiron,id. ib. 7, 352.
* 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-).