lanarius

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

lānārĭus, a, um, adj. [lana], of or belonging to wool, wool- (post-Aug.; cf.: lanifer, laniger, lamificus, lanatus).

I Adj. : herba, fuller's-weed, soapwort , Plin. 24, 18, 105, § 169; so, radix, Col. 11, 2, 35.—

II Substt.

A lānārĭus , ii, m., a worker in wool , Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 34; cf. Arn. 2, 70; Firm. Math. 8, 19: ‡ lanarius coactiliarius, a maker of fulled stuffs, a fuller , Inscr. Orell. 4206: ‡ lanarius pectinarius, a woolcarder , ib. 4207.—

Blānārĭa , ae, f., a wool-factory, wool-spinning establishment , Inscr. Orell. 3303.

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