lanificus

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

lānĭfĭcus, a, um, adj. [lana-facio],

I wool-working, that works in wool , i. e. spinning, weaving , etc. (poet.): manus, Tib. 2, 1, 10: ars, Ov. M. 6, 6; Claud. in Eutr. 2, 382: sorores, the spinning sisters , i. e. the Fates , Mart. 6, 58, 7; cf. Juv. 12, 66.—

II Subst.: lānĭfĭca , ae, f., a wool-spinner , Dig. 33, 7, 12, § 5 sq.

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