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lana

lana · f

wool

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Where it lives

De Cultu Feminarum 3 · 5.86/10k
De Medicina 52 · 5.07/10k
Ars Amatoria 7 · 4.7/10k
Firmus Saturninus, Proculus et Bonosus 1 · 4.32/10k
In Eutropium 3 · 4.18/10k
Apocolocyntosis 1 · 3.69/10k
Galba 1 · 3.63/10k
Epodon 1 · 3.33/10k
Epistulae 3 · 3.03/10k
Domitianus 1 · 2.91/10k
Georgicon 4 · 2.83/10k
Epigrammata 15 · 2.67/10k

Densest 12 of 59 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. lāna — Lewis & Short

lāna, ae, f.Gr. la/xnh, la/xnos, lh=nos, Dor. la=nos; cf. la/oios, and v. Varr. L. L. 5, § 113 Müll.,

I 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.

2. läna — Walde–Hofmann

läna, -ae f. „Wolle“ (seit Plaut, rom., ebenso Janárius seit Plt. [Subst. und Adj., vgl. rädix bzw. herba länäria, lad. 17, 9, 56; 14nüris Varro]; vgl noch läneus seit Plt, länätus seit Lav., lánósus seit Colum., länitium ,Bewolltheit^ seit Verg. und /àánitia Laber. [-4£s Eccl] nach calvitium bzw. mollitia -iés [Leumann-Stolz* 210), länula seit Cels., länägö „Flaum“ seit Pacuv. [Leumann-Stolz? 241], länestris … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. läna, p. 788]

In the wild

lanas Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 21.14.p3
lanis Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 29.1.p9
lanis Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 1.29.p13
lanae Livy, Ab Urbe Condita, books 1-2 - 1 p81
lana Suetonius, Galba 3.1
lana Martial, Epigrammata 14.141.1

6 of 301 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. lana (scan p. 363; entry #5707).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. läna (scan pp. 788-790; entry #1494). Root candidates: *ulsna-, *gel-, *uel-.

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