lānĭger, gĕra, gĕrum, adj. [lana-gero],
I wool-bearing, fleecy (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): pecus, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 44: greges, Verg. G. 3, 287: arbores, i. e. cottontrees , Plin. 12, 10, 21, § 38: fertilitas, of insects. id. 11, 24, 28, § 80.—
II Subst.
A lānĭger , gĕri, m., a ram , Ov. M. 7, 312. —Of a lamb: timens, Phaedr. 1, 1, 6.—Of the constellation of the Ram , for Aries, Manil. 1, 672; 2, 200 al.—
B lānĭgĕra , ae, f., a lamb, sheep , Sil. 15, 703.