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lanicius

lanicius · adj

of wool, woolly, fleecy

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Where it lives

De Pallio 1 · 2.92/10k
Naturalis Historia 4 · 0.1/10k

What it meant

lānĭcĭus — Lewis & Short

lānĭcĭus, a, um, adj.lana,

I of wool, woolly, fleecy: grex, Arn. 5, 174.—Hence, subst.: lānĭcĭum or -tĭum, ii, n. (anteclass. collat. form lānĭcĭa or -tĭa, ae, f., Laber. ap. Non. 212, 22; Com. Fragm. v. 67 Rib.; post-class. collat. form lānĭcĭes or -tĭes, ēi, f., Tert. adv. Marc. ap. Carm. 2, 24), wool.

I Lit. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): si tibi lanicium curae, Verg. G. 3, 384: e lanicia Attica vestitus, Laber. ap. Non. 212, 22: Seres lanicio silvarum nobiles, Plin. 6, 17, 20, § 54; 8, 47, 72, § 189.—

II Transf., wool-bearing or fleecy cattle (post-class.); form lanitium, Arn. 1, 8; id. 1, 8, p. 12.

In the wild

lanicii Tertullian, De Pallio 3.p2
lanicium Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 8.47.p1
lanicio Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 6.17.p3
lanicio Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 11.33.p1
lanicii Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 8.48.p3

Where it came from

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