Lewis & Short

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lānĕus, a, um, adj. [lana], woollen, of wool.

  1. I. Lit.: pallium, Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 83: culcita ob oculos, Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 42: infula, Verg. G. 3, 487: thorax subuculae, Suet. Aug. 82: coma flaminis, i. e. his woollen fillet, Stat. S. 5, 3, 183: effigies, little woollen figures which were distributed at the Compitalia, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 Müll.
    Prov.: dii irati laneos pedes habent, i. e. the vengeance of the gods comes unperceived, Macr. S. 1, 8, 5; Petr. 44, v. 789.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. Covered with a woolly sub stance, downy; of fruits: pira corio laneo, Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 55 (Jahn et Corrolana).
    2. B. Soft like wool, woolly: lupus, a kind of fish, Mart. 13, 89, 1: latusculum, Cat. 25, 10.