I.furnished with wool, bearing wool, woolly (mostly poet. and post-Aug.).
I. Lit.: “lanatae oves,” i. e. unshorn, Col. 7, 3, 2: “pelles,” id. 6, 2, 4: “de lanata pelle,” Veg. 3, 7, 1; 5, 42, 2: “animalia,” Juv. 15, 11.—Subst.: lānātae , ārum, f., wool-bearers, for sheep, Juv. 8, 155.—
II. Transf.: “vitis,” downy, covered with down, Col. 3, 2: “mala,” Plin. 15, 14, 14, § 48: “lupus,” soft like wool, id. 9, 17, 28, § 61.—Comp.: “folia lanatiore canitie,” white like wool, Plin. 21, 20, 84, § 147.—Prov.: “dii lanatos pedes habent,” i. e. the vengeance of the gods comes noiselessly, Petr. 44 fin.
