lana

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

lāna ae, f

wool: quid lanae abstulerit?: lanam trahere, Iu.: lanas ducere, spin wool, O.: lanas tingere murice, dye, O.: lanam fucare veneno, V.: medicata fuco, H.: aurea, the golden fleece, O.: Tenuia lanae vellera, i. e. fleecy clouds, V.—Prov.: rixari de lanā caprinā, i. e. dispute about trifles, H. —A working in wool, spinning: lanā ac telā victum quaeritans, T.: Lucretia lanae dedita, L.: lanam facere, O.: Te lanae . . . non citharae decent, H.

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