/luy"neuhs/ , n.
1. Class. Myth.
a. 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.
b. 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.
/luy"neuhs/ , n.
Saint , died A.D. 76?, pope 67?-76?.