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.—
II. Transf.
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.—
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.
