Melpŏmĕnē, ēs, f., Μελπομένη (the songstress),
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.
Melpomenē ēs, f , Μελπομένη, the muse of tragic and lyric poetry, H. ...
An Elementary Latin Dictionary
·noun The Muse of tragedy. II. Melpomene ·noun The eighteenth asteroid. ...
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