Linus

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Latin Linus, Ancient Greek Λῖνος (Lînos), of uncertain meaning. ==== Pronunciation ==== (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlaɪ.nəs/ Rhymes: -aɪnəs ==== Proper noun ==== Linus A male given name from Latin. , 2 Timothy 4:21: Do thy diligence to come before winter. Eubulus greeteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren. ===== Derived terms ===== Linian ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Ancient Greek Λῖνος (Lînos) ==== Alternative forms ==== Linos, Linum, Linon ==== Proper noun ==== Linus (historical) A town on the coast of ancient Mysia, on the Propontis, between Priapus and Parium. === Anagrams === Nilus, Sunil == German == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Linus, borrowed from Ancient Greek Λῖνος (Lînos). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈliː.nʊs/ === Proper noun === Linus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Linus) a male given name, equivalent to English Linus == Latin == === Alternative forms === Līnos === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λῖνος (Lînos). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈliː.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈliː.nus] === Proper noun === Līnus m sg (genitive Līnī); second declension 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. 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.) A fountain in Arcadia. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. ==== Descendants ==== English: Linus === References === “Lĭnus (-os)”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Lĭnus ou Lĭnŏs”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “914/1” “Linus (⁓os)” on page 1,034 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82) == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Linus, borrowed from Ancient Greek Λῖνος (Lînos). === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Linus c (genitive Linus) a male given name, equivalent to English Linus