[ˈliː.nʊs], [ˈliː.nus]
OriginBorrowed from Ancient Greek Λῖνος (Lînos).
- declension-2A son of Apollo and Psammate, daughter of Crotopus, king of the Argives; he was given by his mother to the care of shepherds, and one day, being left alone, was torn to pieces by dogs; whereupon Apollo sent into the land a monster which destroyed everything, until slain by Chorœbus.
- declension-2The son of Apollo and Terpsichore, instructor of Orpheus and Hercules, the latter of whom killed him by a blow with the lyre. (Sextus Propertius confounds him with the preceding. According to others, he was a son of Mercury and Urania, and was killed by Apollo in Eubœa.)
- declension-2A fountain in Arcadia.
FormsLīnus(canonical, masculine, singular) · Līnī(genitive) · Līnus(nominative, singular) · Līnī(genitive, singular) · Līnō(dative, singular) · Līnum(accusative, singular) · Līnō(ablative, singular) · Līne(singular, vocative) · Līnos(alternative)
Source: Wiktionary