Linus

¹

[lahy-nuhs]

noun

1. Saint, died a.d. 76?, pope 67?–76?.

Linus

²

[lahy-nuhs]

noun

1. Classical Mythology.

   1. a musician and poet, the inventor of melody and rhythm, of whom various stories are told: often identified, through his untimely death, with the harvesting or withering of crops and vegetation.

   2. Also called Linus song. a dirge: originally sung in western Asia to mourn the death of crops being harvested, later sung to mourn the death of Linus or that of Adonis.

2. a male given name.