lānūgo (noun F) : cf. Gr. λάχνη, Lat. lāna
* Woolly substance, down, of plants, of the cheeks, etc. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
* Lit.: flaventem primā ianugine malas Dum sequeris Clytium,Verg. A. 10, 324; so, primaque par sacrae lanugo senectae,Juv. 13, 59; cf.: comae graciles et lanuginis instar,Ov. Am. 1, 14, 23: signarat dubia teneras lanugine malas,id. M. 13, 754: a prima lanugine,Suet. Oth. 12: herba cubile praebebat, multa et molli lanugine abundans,Lucr. 5, 817: folia araneosa lanugine obducta,Plin. 24, 12, 66, § 108: cana legam tenera lanugine mala,Verg. E. 2, 51.
* Transf., sawdust, Col. 4, 29, 16.

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