μελοποι-ός, ὁ,
maker of songs, lyric poet, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1250, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 326a, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ Θηβαῖος μ., of Pindar, [[ 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 1.3c ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἡ Λεσβία μ., of Sappho, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Im.” 18. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II as adjective, generally, tuneful, μέριμνα [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 550 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]