mĕlĭcus

a, um, adj.
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.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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