Linusとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈlaɪ.nəs/
• 韻: -aɪnəs

固有名詞

Linus

1. A male given name from Latin.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC:
     , 2 Timothy 4:21:

     Do thy diligence to come before winter. Eubulus greeteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.

   • 2011, Lisa Genova, Left Neglected, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, pages 8–9:

     Yes, my children are Peanuts characters. Charlie, seven, and Lucy, five, were given their names without thought or reference to the comic strip. Charlie was named after Bob's grandfather and we both just liked the name Lucy. Then, when I was unexpectedly expecting again, […]
     "I'd go with Schroeder," a work colleague offered. "No, definitely Linus. Or Woodstock," said another. It was only then that I realized the pattern we'd started with our first two kids. And I liked the name Linus.

派生語

• Linian

語源 2

Ancient Greek Λῖνος (Lînos)

別の表記

• Linos, Linum, Linon

固有名詞

Linus

1. (historical) A town on the coast of ancient Mysia, on the Propontis, between Priapus and Parium.

アナグラム

• Nilus, Sunil

語源

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λῖνος (Lînos).

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [ˈliː.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [ˈliː.nus]

固有名詞

Līnus m sg (genitive Līnī); second declension

1. a male given name from Ancient Greek
   1. 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.
   2. 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.)
   3. A fountain in Arcadia.

語形変化

Second-declension noun, singular only.

派生した語

• English: Linus

参照

• “Lĭnus (-os)”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Lĭnus ou Lĭnŏs”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “914/1”
• “Linus (⁓os)” on page 1,034 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)