Lewis & Short

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mēlĭca, ae, f., perh. a kind of vessel (ante-class.), Varr. ap. Non. 545, 4; 12 and 23.

† 1. mĕlĭcus, a, um, adj., = μελικός,

  1. I. musical, tuneful, melodious: sonores, Lucr. 5, 334.
  2. II. In partic., lyric, lyrical: poëma, Cic. Opt. Gen. Or. 1, 1.
    1. B. Subst.:
      1. 1. mĕlĭcus, i, m., a lyric poet: Simonides melicus, Plin. 7, 24, 24, § 89; 7, 56, 57, § 192.
      2. 2. mĕlĭca, ae, f., a lyric poem, ode, Petr. 64.

2. Mēlĭcus, a, um, adj., in vulg. lang. for Medicus, Median: gallinae, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 19; Col. 8, 2, 4; Plin. 10, 21, 24, § 48.