Lewis & Short

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1. lānārĭus, a, um, adj. [lana], of or belonging to wool, wool- (post-Aug.; cf.: lanifer, laniger, lamificus, lanatus).

  1. I. Adj.: herba, fuller’s-weed, soapwort, Plin. 24, 18, 105, § 169; so, radix, Col. 11, 2, 35.
  2. II. Substt.
    1. A. lānārĭus, ii, m., a worker in wool, Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 34; cf. Arn. 2, 70; Firm. Math. 8, 19: ‡ lanarius coactiliarius, a maker of fulled stuffs, a fuller, Inscr. Orell. 4206: ‡ lanarius pectinarius, a woolcarder, ib. 4207.
    2. B. ‡ lānārĭa, ae, f., a wool-factory, wool-spinning establishment, Inscr. Orell. 3303.