ἀηδών
ἀηδ-ών, όνος , ἡ (ὁ, v. infr.),(ἀείδω)
A). songstress, i.e. the nightingale, Op. 203 , etc.; Πανδαρέου κούρη, χλωρηὶς ἀ., i.e. living in the greenwood, 19.518 ; χλωραύχην ἀ. 73 :—metaph., of a poet, 3.98 , cf. Fr. 588 (lyr.), AP 7.44 (Ion), 7.49 ; also of the poet's song, τεαὶ ἀηδόνες thy strains, Epigr. 2.5 ; ζωούσας ἔλιπες γὰρ ἀηδόνας IG 14.2012 .
2). metaph., cicada, 7.190 (Anyte).
II). mouthpiece of a flute, Fr. 556 ; the flute itself, ib. 931 .
2). metaph., of shuttle, 6.174 (Antip. Sid.).—Masc., only Ion l.c.; Ἀττικὸς ἀνὴρ τὸν αἴγα λέγει ὥσπερ καὶ τὸν ἀηδόνα 376.24 .