Latin

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Etymology

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lana (wool) +‎ -eus

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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lāneus (feminine lānea, neuter lāneum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. woollen
    • c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 64:
      laneaque aridulis haerebant morsa labellis
      and woolen bits clung to dry lips

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

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References

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  • laneus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • laneus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • laneus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • laneus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.