laneus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂

Proto-Italic *wlāna

Latin lana

Latin -eus

Latin lāneus

From lana (“wool”) + -eus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɫaː.ne.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈlaː.ne.us]

Adjective

lāneus (feminine lānea, neuter lāneum); first/second-declension adjective

1. woollen
   • c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 64:

     laneaque aridulis haerebant morsa labellis

     and woolen bits clung to dry lips

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	lāneus	lānea	lāneum		lāneī	lāneae	lānea
genitive	lāneī	lāneae	lāneī		lāneōrum	lāneārum	lāneōrum
dative	lāneō	lāneae	lāneō		lāneīs
accusative	lāneum	lāneam	lāneum		lāneōs	lāneās	lānea
ablative	lāneō	lāneā	lāneō		lāneīs
vocative	lānee	lānea	lāneum		lāneī	lāneae	lānea

Related terms

• lāna
• lānātus (wooly)

References

• “laneus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “laneus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "laneus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “laneus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.