Lana, lanæ, f. g. Cic.Wooll. Globi lanæ. Horat. Lana facta, Vlp.Yarne.Lana infecta. Vlp. Wooll vnspunne.Lanalota. Vlp. Wooll cleane washt.Lana neta. Vlp. Wooll spunne: yarne.Mollis lana.Virg.Pectita lana, Vide Pectitus in PECTO.Catded.Rudis lana.Ouid.Wooll as it commeth from the sheepe vnpicked. Sordida lana. Ouid.Succida lana.Iuuen.Wooll vnwasht, & moist with a certaine fatnesse. Tincta murice lana. Ouid.Tenuis lana. Calphurn. Fine wooll.Tonsæ lanæ. Horat. Carpere lanam, Vide CARPO. Ducere lanas.Ouid.To spinne wooll.Rudes lanas excolere.Ouid.To dresse and trimme wooll.Facere lanam. Lucr. To dresse wool by carding and spinning.Alba nec Assyrio fucatur lana veneno.Virg.Rudem lanam glomcrabat in orbes.Ouid.Albentes inuertere lanas murice. Sil. To die wooll into purple colour.Niueam pensis inuoluere lanam. Claud. Medicata lana fuco. Horat. Wooll died.Varios discer mentirilana colores.Virg.Lanam mollire.Ouid. Trahere lanam. Iuuenal. Bibulas tingebat murice lanas.Ouid. Lana anserina. Vip. The downe of goose feathers. Lana caprina. Vlp. Goates haire. Per translationem. A thing of no balne.Lana leporina. Vlp. The softhaire of an hare.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
lāna, ae, f. [Gr. la/xnh, la/xnos, lh=nos, Dor. la=nos; cf. la/oios, and v. Varr. L. L. 5, 113 Müll.], 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.
