LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

lānārius1

lānārius (feminine lānāria, neuter lānārium)

Meaning

  1. adjectivepost Augustanrelationalwool
  2. adjectiverelationalsoapwort, fuller's weed

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativelānāriuslānārialānārium
genitivelānāriīlānāriaelānāriī
dativelānāriōlānāriaelānāriō
accusativelānāriumlānāriamlānārium
ablativelānāriōlānāriālānāriō
vocativelānārielānārialānārium
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativelānāriīlānāriaelānāria
genitivelānāriōrumlānāriārumlānāriōrum
dativelānāriīslānāriīslānāriīs
accusativelānāriōslānāriāslānāria
ablativelānāriīslānāriīslānāriīs
vocativelānāriīlānāriaelānāria

lānārĭus, a, um, adj. id.,
I. of or belonging to wool, wool- (post-Aug.; cf.: lanifer, laniger, lamificus, lanatus).
I. Adj.: herba, fuller's-weed, soapwort, Plin. 24, 18, 105, § 169; so, radix, Col. 11, 2, 35.—
II. Substt.
A. lānārĭus, ii, m., a worker in wool, Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 34; cf. Arn. 2, 70; Firm. Math. 8, 19: † lanarius coactiliarius, a maker of fulled stuffs, a fuller, Inscr. Orell. 4206: † lanarius pectinarius, a woolcarder, ib. 4207.—
B. † lānārĭa, ae, f., a wool-factory, wool-spinning establishment, Inscr. Orell. 3303.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂welh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂
  3. Proto-Italic*wlāna
  4. Latinlānārius

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Latin lānārius From lāna (“wool”) + -ārius (suffix forming relational adjectives and agent nouns).

noun · masculinesecond declension
lānārius2
lānārius m (genitive lānāriī or lānārī)

Meaning

  1. wool-worker

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativelānāriuslānāriī
genitivelānāriī
lānārī
lānāriōrum
dativelānāriōlānāriīs
accusativelānāriumlānāriōs
ablativelānāriōlānāriīs
vocativelānārielānāriī

Lānārĭus, ii, m.,
I. the surname of P. Calpurnius, Cic. Off. 3, 16, 66.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂welh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂
  3. Proto-Italic*wlāna
  4. Latinlānārius

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Latin lānārius From lāna (“wool”) + -ārius (suffix forming relational adjectives and agent nouns).

Descendants
  • Catalanllaner
  • Englishlanner
  • Frenchlainier
  • Italianlanario
  • Occitanlanièr
  • Portugueselaneiro
  • Romanianlânar
  • Spanishlanero
  • Aromanianlãnar
  • Venetanlanàro

Quick answers

What does lānārius mean in Latin?
lānārius, a adjective, means “wool; soapwort, fuller's weed”.
Where does lānārius come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- → Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ → Proto-Italic *wlāna → Latin lānārius.