luscĭnĭa, ae, f. (luscĭnĭus, ĭi, m., Phaedr. 3, 18, 2 and 11; Sen. Ep. 76, 7; and, luscĭnus, i, 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.