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  • 1 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.
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  • 2 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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