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lāna, ae, f. [Gr. λάχνη, λάχνος, λῆνος, Dor. λᾶνος; cf. λάοιος, and v. Varr. L. L. 5, § 113 Müll.],

  1. I. 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.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. 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.
    2. B. 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.