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  • 1 lāna

        lāna ae, f    wool: quid lanae abstulerit?: lanam trahere, Iu.: lanas ducere, spin wool, O.: lanas tingere murice, dye, O.: lanam fucare veneno, V.: medicata fuco, H.: aurea, the golden fleece, O.: Tenuia lanae vellera, i. e. fleecy clouds, V.—Prov.: rixari de lanā caprinā, i. e. dispute about trifles, H. —A working in wool, spinning: lanā ac telā victum quaeritans, T.: Lucretia lanae dedita, L.: lanam facere, O.: Te lanae... non citharae decent, H.
    * * *
    wool; fleece; soft hair; down; trifles

    Latin-English dictionary > lāna

  • 2 vellus

        vellus eris, n    [1 VEL-], wool shorn off, a fleece: Muricibus Tyriis iteratae vellera lanae, H.: vellera motis trahunt digitis, O.—A sheepskin, pelt, woolly felt: aries nunc vellera siccat, V.: vellera secta, i. e. cut into strips, O.—A hide, pelt: fulvi leonis, O.: cervina, O.— A sheep: cultros in guttura velleris atri Conicit, O.—A tuft, flock: Velleraque ut foliis depectant tenuia Seres, i. e. the flocks of silk, V.— Fleecy clouds: lanae per caelum vellera ferri, V.
    * * *

    Latin-English dictionary > vellus

  • 3 lana

    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.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > lana

  • 4 vellus

    vellus, ĕris, n. [Sanscr. ura for vara, sheep; root var, to cover; Gr. er-ion, eiros, wool; Goth. vulla; Germ. Wolle].
    I.
    Lit., wool shorn off, a fleece:

    pastores Palatini ex ovibus ante tonsuram inventam vellere lanam sunt soliti: a quo vellera dicuntur,

    Varr. L. L. 5, §§ 54 and 130 Müll.; id. R. R. 2, 11, 9; Plin. 27, 7, 28, § 50; Lucr. 6, 504; Hor. Epod. 12, 21; id. Ep. 1, 10, 27; Ov. M. 6, 21; 14, 264.—
    II.
    Transf.
    1.
    The skin of a sheep with the wool on it, the fell or pelt entire, Col. 7, 4, 4; Tib. 2, 1, 62; Verg. E. 3, 95; id. A. 7, 95; Ov. H. 18, 144; id. F. 5, 102.
    2.
    The hide, pelt of any other animal:

    fulvi leonis,

    Ov. F. 2, 340; cf. id. ib. 5, 396:

    cervina,

    id. M. 6, 593; cf. id. ib. 3, 197:

    ferina,

    id. ib. 11, 4.—
    3.
    A sheep:

    cultrosque in guttura velleris atri Conicit,

    Ov. M. 7, 244; cf. Calp. Ecl. 2, 7.—
    B.
    Of woolly material.
    1.
    Wool, down: velleraque ut foliis depectant tenuia Seres, i. e. the fleeces or flocks of silk, Verg. G. 2, 121.—
    2.
    Of light, fleecy clouds:

    tenuia nec lanae per caelum vellera ferri,

    Verg. G. 1, 397; so Luc. 4, 124.—
    3.
    Of snow-flakes, Mart. 4, 3, 1.—
    C.
    Of things made of wool: Parnasia, woollen bands or fillets, Stat. S. 5, 3, 8.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > vellus

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