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Meaning of Linus | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
[ˈliː.nʊs]

Definitions

  1. a male given name from Ancient Greek
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  2. 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.
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  3. 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.)
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  4. A fountain in Arcadia.
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Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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