Philemon

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Philemon f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Meliphagidae – friarbirds or leatherheads, of Australasia.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Passeriformes – order; Passeri - suborder; Corvida - parvorder; Meliphagoidea - superfamily; Meliphagidae - family

• (genus): Philemon moluccensis (black-faced friarbird) - type species

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• Philemon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Philemon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

From Ancient Greek Φιλήμων (Philḗmōn), from φιλήμων (philḗmōn, “kindly, affectionate”), from φιλέω (philéō, “I love”).

• IPA^(key): /fɪˈliːmən/, /fɪˈliːmɒn/, /ˌfaɪˈliːmən/, /ˌfaɪˈliːmɒn/
• (sometimes) IPA^(key): /ˈfɪləmən/

Philemon (countable and uncountable, plural Philemons)

1. The eighteenth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the epistle of Saint Paul to a fellow Christian called Philemon.

   Synonyms: (abbreviation) Philem., (abbreviation) Phm

2. A male given name from Ancient Greek.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Philemon 1:1:
     :

     Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellow labourer.

3. A surname transferred from the given name.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Philemon is the 39164^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 562 individuals. Philemon is most common among White (46.09%) and Black/African American (44.48%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Philemon”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

• Philēmō

From Ancient Greek Φιλήμων (Philḗmōn), from φιλήμων (philḗmōn, “kindly, affectionate”), from φιλέω (philéō, “I love”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pʰiˈleː.moːn/, [pʰɪˈɫ̪eːmoːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fiˈle.mon/, [fiˈlɛːmon]

Philēmōn m sg (genitive Philēmonis); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Philemon (a pious rustic, the husband of Baucis, who gave hospitality to Zeus)

Third-declension noun, singular only.

• “Phĭlēmo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Phĭlēmo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.