Melpomene

[mel-pom-uh-nee]

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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Historical Examples of melpomene

To the silent Melpomene, who can express all things with her looks!
Thais
Anatole France
"Rodd, sir—of the Melpomene—and there's another inside—" I began.
Merry-Garden and Other Stories
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
On the other hand, he could not divest himself of the idea that Melpomene was in love with him.
Gryll Grange
Thomas Love Peacock
To Thalia and Melpomene are given the realms of comic and tragic poetry.
'Round the Year in Myth and Song
Florence Holbrook
It was a cheap shrine, but I tell you, now, Melpomene was right in it.
Harvard Stories
Waldron Kintzing Post

British Dictionary definitions for melpomene

Melpomene

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.