mĕlĭcus, a, um, adj., = μελικός,
I musical, tuneful, melodious : sonores, Lucr. 5, 334.—
II In partic., lyric, lyrical : poëma, Cic. Opt. Gen. Or. 1, 1.—
B Subst.:
1 mĕlĭcus , i, m., a lyric poet : Simonides melicus, Plin. 7, 24, 24, § 89; 7, 56, 57, § 192.—
2 mĕlĭca , ae, f., a lyric poem, ode , Petr. 64.