Melpomene

[ mel-pom-uh-nee ]

/ mɛlˈpɒm əˌni /

noun Classical Mythology.

the Muse of tragedy.

Origin of Melpomene

< Latin Melpomenē < Greek Melpoménē special use of feminine of present participle of mélpesthai to sing

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Examples from the Web for melpomene

To Thalia and Melpomene are given the realms of comic and tragic poetry.
'Round the Year in Myth and Song|Florence Holbrook
Melpomene, assume that pride which your merits have acquired, and willingly crown my hair with the Delphic laurel.
The Works of Horace|Horace
It was a cheap shrine, but I tell you, now, Melpomene was right in it.
Harvard Stories|Waldron Kintzing Post
On the other hand, he could not divest himself of the idea that Melpomene was in love with him.
Gryll Grange|Thomas Love Peacock

We were to be called for at the Blue Posts, and a boat would fetch us off to the Melpomene frigate.
Merry-Garden and Other Stories|Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

British Dictionary definitions for melpomene

Melpomene

/ (mɛlˈpɒmɪnɪ) /

noun

Greek myth the Muse of tragedy

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Word Origin and History for melpomene

Melpomene

Muse of tragedy, from Latin, from Greek Melpomene, literally "songstress," from melpein "to sing," of unknown origin.