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λίνος

linos

est aussi le nom d

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 16 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. λίνος · linos — Chantraine

λίνος : m., nom d'un chant (II. 18,570; Hdt. 2,79; Pi fr. 139) chanté selon Hdt. notamment en Phénicie et à Chypre; c'est aussi le nom d'un chanteur mythique (Hés. fr. 192, Théoc. 24,105, Apollod. 1,3,2). — [Chantraine, s.v. λίνος, p. 659]

2. Λίνος · Linos — LSJ

Linos

Linos, a mythical minstrel, Hes. Fr. 192, Theoc. 24.105, Apollod. 1.3.2.

II the song, lay of Linos, the lay of Linos

as Appellat., the song or lay of Linos, whether composed by him or upon him; λίνον δʼ ὑπὸ καλὸν ἄειδε λεπταλέῃ φωνῇ sang the lay of Linos in accompaniment, Il. 18.570, cf. Pi. Fr. 139.5, Hdt. 2.79, E. HF 348 (lyr.), Ar.Byz. ap. Ath. 14.619c, and v. οἰτόλινος. (In Il. l.c. Zenod. read λίνος and interpreted it of the string of the instrument, which was orig. made of flax acc. to Sch.)

3. λίνος · linos — LSJ

= λίνον, τό, λίνος· τὸ δίκτυον, Suid.; λῖνος· τὸ λινάριον, Et.Gud. 371; λῖνος also in Gp. 2.40.3.

II the Bands

λίνοι, οἱ, the Bands, a constellation, Gem. 3.7.

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Where it came from

  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. λίνος (scan p. 659; entry #4851).

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