lāna (noun F) : Gr. λάχνη, λάχνος, λῆνος, Dor. λᾶνος; cf. λάοιος, 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.
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* 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.
* 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. to dispute about trifles,Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 15.

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