I.woolly substance, down, of plants, of the cheeks, etc. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
I. Lit.: “flaventem primā ianugine malas Dum sequeris Clytium,” Verg. A. 10, 324; so, “primaque par sacrae lanugo senectae,” Juv. 13, 59; cf.: “comae graciles et lanuginis instar,” Ov. Am. 1, 14, 23: “signarat dubia teneras lanugine malas,” id. M. 13, 754: “a prima lanugine,” Suet. Oth. 12: “herba cubile praebebat, multa et molli lanugine abundans,” Lucr. 5, 817: “folia araneosa lanugine obducta,” Plin. 24, 12, 66, § 108: “cana legam tenera lanugine mala,” Verg. E. 2, 51.—
II. Transf., sawdust, Col. 4, 29, 16.
