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laneus

laneus · adj

woollen, of wool

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 15 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

lānĕus — Lewis & Short

lānĕus, a, um, adj.id.,

I woollen, of wool.
I Lit.: pallium, Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 83: culcita ob oculos, Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 42: infula, Verg. G. 3, 487: thorax subuculae, Suet. Aug. 82: coma flaminis, i. e. his woollen fillet, Stat. S. 5, 3, 183: effigies, little woollen figures which were distributed at the Compitalia, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 Müll.— Prov.: dii irati laneos pedes habent, i. e. the vengeance of the gods comes unperceived, Macr. S. 1, 8, 5; Petr. 44, v. 789.—
II Transf.
A Covered with a woolly sub stance, downy; of fruits: pira corio laneo, Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 55 (Jahn et Corrolana).—
B Soft like wool, woolly: lupus, a kind of fish, Mart. 13, 89, 1: latusculum, Cat. 25, 10.

In the wild

6 of 19 attestations shown.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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