proper noun
Melpŏmĕnē
Meaning
- the muse of tragic and lyric poetry
Melpŏmĕnē, ēs, f., Μελπομένη (the songstress),
I. the muse of tragic and lyric poetry:
Melpomene, cui liquidam pater Vocem cum citharā dedit, Hor. C. 1, 24, 3; Mart. 4, 37, 1; Aus. Idyll. 20, 2.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Melpomenē ēs, f
, Μελπομένη, the muse of tragic and lyric poetry, H.