E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Lus’us.
The sons or race of Lusus. Pliny (iii. 1) tells us that Lusus was the companion of Bacchus in his travels, and settled a colony in Portugal; whence the country was termed Lusita’nia, and the inhabitants Lusians.
