Lewis Short
Melpŏmĕnē (noun F) : Μελπομένη (the songstress)
* The muse of tragic and lyric poetry: Melpomene, cui liquidam pater Vocem cum citharā dedit,Hor. C. 1, 24, 3; Mart. 4, 37, 1; Aus. Idyll. 20, 2.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary