Melpomene
νὺξ μὲν ἐμὸν κατέχει ζωῆς φάος ὑπνοδοτείρη → sleep-giving night hath quenched my light of life | sleep-giving night covers my light of life | night, the giver of sleep, holds the light of my life
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Melpŏmĕnē,¹⁴ ēs, f. (Μελπομένη), Melpomène [muse de la tragédie et de la poésie lyrique] : Hor. O. 1, 24, 3 ; Mart. 4, 37, 1.
Latin > German (Georges)
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).
