melicとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From Latin melicus, from Koine Greek μελικός (melikós), from Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos, “song, lyric”).

形容詞

melic (comparative more melic, superlative most melic)

1. Of or pertaining to Greek lyric verse. [from 17th c.]
   • 1962, JW Goethe, translated by WH Auden and Elizabeth Mayer, Italian Journey, Penguin, published 1970, page 315:

     I dined at their house, and in the evening, Miss Hart gave a demonstration of her musical and melic [translating melischen] talents.

関連する語

• melody
• melos

語源 2

From translingual Melica (genus name), probably from Italian melica, meliga (“sorghum, millet”).

別の表記

• melick

名詞

melic (plural melics)

1. Any of various grasses, of the genus Melica, from northern temperate regions. [from 18th c.]

派生した語

• → Welsh: meligwellt (“melic”)

アナグラム

• clime