Λίνος [ῐ], ὁ,
“Linos”, a mythical minstrel, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Fragmenta” 192, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 24.105, 2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus 1.3.2 ] Refs 8th c.BC+].
__II as appellative, the song or lay of Linos, whether composed by him or upon him; λίνον δ᾽ ὑπὸ καλὸν ἄειδε λεπταλέῃ φωνῇ sang the lay of Linos in accompaniment, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.570, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 139.5, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.79, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 348 (Lyric poetry), 3rd-2nd c.BC: Aristophanes Byzantinus Philosophus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 14.619c, and see.{οἰτόλινος}. (In 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” [prev. cited] 4th-3rd c.BC: Zenodotus Grammaticus read λίνος and interpreted it of the string of the instrument, which was originally made of flax _accusative_ to Scholia) ] Refs 8th c.BC+]