λ570Λίνος
linos, linus
Α sort of hymn. Homer [writes]: "he sang a fine linos". [The term arises] not because of the strings [being made] from flax, but [because] they sang a sort of hymn, like a paean. Or a string of a lyre.
Λίνος· εἶδος ὕμνου. Ὅμηρος· λίνον δ' ὑπὸ καλὸν ἄειδεν. οὐ διὰ τὸ τὰς χορδὰς ἀπὸ λίνου εἶναι, ἀλλ' εἶδος ὕμνου ᾖδον, ὡς παιᾶνα. ἢ λύρας χορδή.