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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Melpŏmĕnē</b>: ēs, f., [[Μελπομένη]] (the [[songstress]]),<br /><b>I</b> 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.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>Melpŏmĕnē</b>,¹⁴ ēs, f. ([[Μελπομένη]]), Melpomène [muse de la tragédie et de la poésie lyrique] : Hor. O. 1, 24, 3 ; Mart. 4, 37, 1.
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{{Georges
|georg=Melpomenē, ēs, f. ([[Μελπομένη]], die Singende), die [[Muse]] der tragischen u. lyrischen [[Dichtkunst]], Hor. carm. 1, 24, 3. [[Auson]]. edyll. 20, 4. p. 251, 4 Schenkl.: [[neben]] [[Polyhymnia]], Mart. 4, 31, 7: [[neben]] den übrigen Musen, Anthol. Lat. 88, 4 (616, 4).
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