melicus, a, um, adj., = μελικός, musical, tuneful, melodious: sonores, Lucr. 5, 334.

— In partic., lyric, lyrical: poema, Cic. Opt. Gen. Or. 1, 1.

— Subst.: melicus, i, m., a lyric poet: Simonides melicus, Plin. 7, 24, 24, § 89; 7, 56, 57, § 192.

— melica, ae, f., a lyric poem, ode, Petr. 64.