de+lanā+suā+cogitare

lāna, ae, f. [Gr. lachnê, lachnos, lênos, Dor. lanos; cf. laoios, and v. Varr. L. L. 5, § 113 Müll.], wool, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 12; Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18; Cic. de Or. 2, 68, 277; Col. 7, 2, 4:

lanam cārĕre,

to card wool, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 46; so,

lanam trahere,

Juv. 2, 54:

lanam deducere,

id. 7, 224:

lanas ducere,

to spin wool, Ov. M. 4, 34:

lanam expediendam conducere,

for carding and spinning, Dig. 7, 8, 12:

lanas tingere murice,

to dye, Ov. M. 6, 9; cf.:

lanam fucare veneno Assyrio,

Verg. G. 2, 465:

medicata fuco,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 28:

aurea lana,

the golden fleece, Ov. F. 3, 876:

lana legata, sive succida sive lota sit, sive pectinata sive versicoloria, legato cedit,

Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 82; cf.

§ 85: si ex lana mea vestimentum feceris, etc.,

Gai. Inst. 2, 79.—

Transf.

In gen., a working in wool:

lana et tela victum quaeritans,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 48:

Lucretia lanae dedita,

Liv. 1, 57:

lanam facere,

Ov. M. 6, 31.— Plur.:

te lanae... non citharae decent,

Hor. C. 3, 15, 13:

admotaque lanis quae cessat acu,

Juv. 6, 497.—Prov.: cogitare de lana sua, to be thinking about her work, i. e. to be unconcerned, Ov. A. A. 2, 686.—

Of things resembling wool, soft hair or feathers, down:

lana leporina et anserina et caprina,

Dig. 32, 1, 70; Mart. 14, 161:

celantur simili ventura Cydonia lana,

id. 10, 42; cf. Plin. 12, 10, 21, § 38.—Of thin, fleecy clouds:

tenuia lanae vellera,

Verg. G. 1, 397; cf. Plin. 18, 35, 82, § 356.—Prov.:

rixari de lana caprina,

i. e. to dispute about trifles, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 15.