Līnus Līnī m

Līnum : acc. singular

1. 1

   a male given name from Ancient Greek; A 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.

2. 2

   a male given name from Ancient Greek; The 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.)

3. 3

   a male given name from Ancient Greek; A fountain in Arcadia.