luscĭnĭa | luscĭnĭus, ĭi | luscĭnus, i (noun F.m.m) : f. (, , m., Phaedr. 3, 18, 2 and 11; Sen. Ep. 76, 7; and, † , , 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 coëmptas,Hor. S. 2, 3, 245: vox luscinii,Sen. Ep. 76, 9.

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