wool
wool
subs.
Ar. and P. ἔριον, τό, or pl., V. λῆνος, τό.
Flock of wool: Ar. and V. κρόκη, ἡ, V. μαλλός, ὁ, λάχνη, ἡ ; see flock.
Fleece: Ar. and P. κώδιον, τό, Ar. and V. πόκος, ὁ.
Wreathed with white wool, adj.: V λευκοστεφής.
subs.
Ar. and P. ἔριον, τό, or pl., V. λῆνος, τό.
Flock of wool: Ar. and V. κρόκη, ἡ, V. μαλλός, ὁ, λάχνη, ἡ ; see flock.
Fleece: Ar. and P. κώδιον, τό, Ar. and V. πόκος, ὁ.
Wreathed with white wool, adj.: V λευκοστεφής.
WOOL
lana (PROP.): lanugo (anything like wool). Of wool laneus: soft wool lana mollis: long wool lana prolixa: shorn wool lana tonsa. To cut wool (in shearing) lanam tondere (Varr.) detondere (Plin.) demetere (Col.): to dress wool lanam parare (Varr.) carminare (Plin.): of or belonging to wool lanarius. Proverbially. Great cry and little wool cum magna minaris extricas nihil (Phaedrus).
lana (PROP.): lanugo (anything like wool). Of wool laneus: soft wool lana mollis: long wool lana prolixa: shorn wool lana tonsa. To cut wool (in shearing) lanam tondere (Varr.) detondere (Plin.) demetere (Col.): to dress wool lanam parare (Varr.) carminare (Plin.): of or belonging to wool lanarius. Proverbially. Great cry and little wool cum magna minaris extricas nihil (Phaedrus).
wool:
1. lāna: you come to me with your distaff and w., ad me venis cum tua colu et lana, Cic. de Or. 2, 68, 277: to card w., lanam carere, Pl. Men. 5, 2, 46: to spin w., l. ducere, Ov. M. 4, 34: to dye w., l. tingere, ib. 6, 9: to work in w., l. facere, ib. 6, 31: w. shorn near Luceria, lanae tonsae prope Luceriam, Hor. Od. 3, 15, 13: thin fleecy clouds like w., tenuia vellera lanae, Virg. G. 1, 397.
2. lānūgo, ĭnis, f. (woolliness, down): hair soft as w., comae lanuginis instar, Ov. Am. 1, 14, 23. Phr.: a worker in w., lanarius, Pl. Aul. 3, 5, 14. w.-bearing trees, laniferae arbores, Plin.: much cry and little w., *vox et praeterea nihil.
1. lāna: you come to me with your distaff and w., ad me venis cum tua colu et lana, Cic. de Or. 2, 68, 277: to card w., lanam carere, Pl. Men. 5, 2, 46: to spin w., l. ducere, Ov. M. 4, 34: to dye w., l. tingere, ib. 6, 9: to work in w., l. facere, ib. 6, 31: w. shorn near Luceria, lanae tonsae prope Luceriam, Hor. Od. 3, 15, 13: thin fleecy clouds like w., tenuia vellera lanae, Virg. G. 1, 397.
2. lānūgo, ĭnis, f. (woolliness, down): hair soft as w., comae lanuginis instar, Ov. Am. 1, 14, 23. Phr.: a worker in w., lanarius, Pl. Aul. 3, 5, 14. w.-bearing trees, laniferae arbores, Plin.: much cry and little w., *vox et praeterea nihil.
wool
Wool
- unspun wool offered to Demeter: Paus. 8.42.11, and placed on stone of Cronus at festivals: Paus. 10.24.6
- spinning of wool learned by Arcas from Adristas: Paus. 8.4.1
- woollen curtain: Paus. 5.12.4
- woollen garment placed on bronze image: Paus. 6.25.5