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.
MUSICAL Copy link • MUSICALRelating to music, musicus; aptatus ad usus canendi (e.g., an instrument, organ). Skilled in music, musicus; musicis eruditus; artis musicae peritus (after Plin.). To be musical, fidibus scire (Terentianus); callere, cognitam habere, artem musicam; intelligere artem canendi (opposed to alienum esse, abhorrere, a musicis, ab arte musica; imperitum, rudem, esse musicorum, musices): a musical ear, sensus artis musicae; judicium rei musicae; elegantia musica (Bau.): to have a musical ear, eleganti, recto, vero artis musicae sensu, judicio valere; or in connection, aures eruditas or teretes habere (opposed to torpere ad sensum sonorum, modorum melicorum; nil videre in re melica; Bau.).