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laniger

laniger, woolbearing, fleecy

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

lāniger, era, erum: adj. (lāna, wool, and gerō), bearing wool; fleecy, 3.660.
lānĭger, gĕra, gĕrum, adj. [lana-gero],
  • wool-bearing, fleecy (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): pecus, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 44: greges, Verg. G. 3, 287: arbores, i.e. cottontrees, Plin. 12, 10, 21, § 38: fertilitas, of insects. id. 11, 24, 28, § 80.—
  • II Subst.
    • A lānĭger, gĕri, m., a ram, Ov. M. 7, 312. —Of a lamb: timens, Phaedr. 1, 1, 6.—Of the constellation of the Ram, for Aries, Manil. 1, 672; 2, 200 al.—
    • B lānĭgĕra, ae, f., a lamb, sheep, Sil. 15, 703.

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