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Melpomene

Mel-pom′e-ne

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Noun.

[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK], lit., the songstress, fr. [GREEK], [GREEK], to sing.]

1.

(Class. Myth.)

The Muse of tragedy.

2.

(Astron.)

The eighteenth asteroid.

Definition 2024

Melpomene

Melpomene

See also: Melpomené

English

Melpomene astronomical symbol

Proper noun

Melpomene

(Greek mythology) The Muse of tragedy
(astronomy) 18 Melpomene, the asteroid.

Derived terms

Translations

Muse of tragedy

Danish: Melpomene
Greenlandic: Melpomene
Hungarian: Melpomené (hu)

Inuktitut: ᒥᓪᐳᒥᓂ ‎(milpumini)
Portuguese: Melpómene f, Melpômene f, Melpomene f
Russian: Мельпоме́на (ru) f ‎(Melʹpoména)

See also

(Greek mythology Muses) Muse; Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, Urania

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μελπομένη ‎(Melpoménē).

Proper noun

Melpomene f

(Greek mythology) Melpomene

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Melpómene (Portugal), Melpômene (Brazil)

Proper noun

Melpomene f

(Greek mythology) Melpomene (Muse of tragedy)