musical Copy link Outline I. Relating to music1. mūsĭcus2. mĕlĭcus (Gr. μελικός; rare in this sense)3. symphōnĭăcusII. Acquainted with or having a taste for musicIII. Pleasant to the ear • musical: I. Relating to music: 1. mūsĭcus: m. theory (or principles), ratio musica, Vitr. 5, 3, 8: m. laws (style of music), m. leges, Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 39. 2. mĕlĭcus (Gr. μελικός; rare in this sense): m. sounds, m. sonores, Lucr. 5, 335. (In Cic. = lyrical.) 3. symphōnĭăcus: v. musician. II. Acquainted with or having a taste for music: Phr.. to be very m., musicorum perstudiosum esse, Cic. Tusc. 5, 22, 63: to have a m. ear, *eleganti, recto, vero artis (? rei) musicae judicio, sensu valere, Kr.: to be quite destitute of m. taste, *abhorrere a re musica: Kr. gives, *nil videre in re melica (e Bau.). III. Pleasant to the ear: cănōrus: v. melodious.