Vellus, vélleris, pe. cor n. g. Var. A fleece of wool.Ouis auratæ vellus.Ouid.The golden fleece.Atrum vellus.Ouid.A blacke fleece.Ferina vellera.Ouid.The skins of beastes with the haire.Fulua vellera.Ouid.The yealow skins of Lions.Hirsuta vellera setis leonis.Ouid.Maculosum vellus.Ouid.A speckled skin.Stamina sacta de nigro vellere.Ouid.Niuea vellera. Vir. Peresa vellera illuuie. Vir. Pullum vellus, Oui. Splendentia velleta lanæ niueæ. Sil. Succida vellera. Mar. Wool togither with the filth & sweate.Vide Oesypus. Tenuia vellera folijs depectunt Seres. Vir. Infuscare vellera. Vir. Col. Inquinare vellus murice, Vide INQVINO.Mollire vellera.Ouid.Mutare vellera luto, Vide MVTO.Stratis velleribus iacebat. Vir. Vellera, pro frondibus.Ouid.Leaues.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
vellus, ĕris, n. [Sanscr. ura for vara, sheep; root var, to cover; Gr. e)/r-ion, ei)=ros, 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.