What is the Latin word for wool?

The usual Latin words for “wool” are lāna, lānūgō, lāneus; also dētondeō, dēmetō, carminō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“wool” in Latin

lānawool; spinning wool lānūgōwoolly substance, the down of plants, of youthful cheeks, etc.; sawdust lāneuswoollen dētondeōto shave, shear, strip or cut off dēmetōto reap, cut or mow; to cut down; to pick (fruit)carminōto card, produce by carding lānāriuswool; soapwort, fuller's weed

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

wool

lana (PROP.): lanugo (anything like wool). Of wool, laneus: soft wool, lana mollis: long wool, lana prolixa: shorn wool, lana tonsa. To cut wool (in shearing), lanam tondere (Varr.), detondere (Plin.), demetere (Col.): to dress wool, lanam parare (Varr.), carminare (Plin.): of or belonging to wool, lanarius. Proverbially. Great cry and little wool, cum magna minaris, extricas nihil (Phaedrus).

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What is the Latin word for wool?: The usual Latin words for “wool” are lāna, lānūgō, lāneus; also dētondeō, dēmetō, carminō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.