melicus

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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.