laniger

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.

lāniger, gera, gerum (lana u. gero), Wolle tragend, mit Wolle bedeckt, I) adi.: bidens, Verg.: pecus, Schafe, Acc. fr.: grex, Verg.: arbor, Baumwollenbaum, Plin.: luci (vgl. ἐριοφόρα δένδρα), Sil.: poet., apices, wollene, Verg. – II) subst.: a) lāniger, gerī, m., der Wollträger, v. Widder, Ov.; v. Lamm, Phaedr.: corpora lanigerûm, Sil. 13, 433: poet. v. Widder am Himmel, Manil. 4, 514. – b) lānigera, ae, f., die Wollträgerin, v. Schaf, Lamm, Plur. bei Varro sat. Men. 242. Colum. 7, 6, 5. Sil. 15, 703.

laniger [CL] , wool-bearing. septem [ed. adds: milia] ~erarum pecudum [cf. Job i 3: ovium] Aldh. Met. 2 p. 64; gazas omnimodas, oves ~eras, jumenta innumera ‥ in civitatem detulerunt [cf. Baldricus Hist. Jerus. 1124B] Ord. Vit. IX 10 p. 561; vellus lanigeris redde pecudibus, / fucum conchiliis ‥; / jam nudo corpore par eris vermibus Walt. Wimb. Carm. 429.

lānĭgĕr, (12) ĕra, ĕrum (lana, gero), ¶ 1 qui porte de la laine : Virg. G. 3, 287 || arbores lanigeræ Plin. 12, 38, cotonniers ¶ 2 subst. m. , mouton : Ov. M. 7, 312 || la constellation du Bélier : Manil. 1, 672.

lāniger gera, gerum, adj.

• lana+GES-, woolbearing, fleecy: pecus, Att. ap. C.: greges, V.—As substm.: effetus, a ram, O.: timens, a lamb, Ph.