LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

lānātus1

lānātus (feminine lānāta, neuter lānātum)
Classical[ɫaːˈnaː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[laˈnaː.tus]

Meaning

  1. adjectivewooly
  2. adjectivedowny

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativelānātuslānātalānātum
genitivelānātīlānātaelānātī
dativelānātōlānātaelānātō
accusativelānātumlānātamlānātum
ablativelānātōlānātālānātō
vocativelānātelānātalānātum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativelānātīlānātaelānāta
genitivelānātōrumlānātārumlānātōrum
dativelānātīslānātīslānātīs
accusativelānātōslānātāslānāta
ablativelānātīslānātīslānātīs
vocativelānātīlānātaelānāta

lānātus, a, um, adj. lana,
I. furnished with wool, bearing wool, woolly (mostly poet. and post-Aug.).
I. Lit.: lanatae oves, i. e. unshorn, Col. 7, 3, 2: pelles, id. 6, 2, 4: de lanata pelle, Veg. 3, 7, 1; 5, 42, 2: animalia, Juv. 15, 11.—Subst.: lānātae, ārum, f., wool-bearers, for sheep, Juv. 8, 155.—
II. Transf.: vitis, downy, covered with down, Col. 3, 2: mala, Plin. 15, 14, 14, § 48: lupus, soft like wool, id. 9, 17, 28, § 61.—Comp.: folia lanatiore canitie, white like wool, Plin. 21, 20, 84, § 147.—Prov.: dii lanatos pedes habent, i. e. the vengeance of the gods comes noiselessly, Petr. 44 fin.

Origins

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

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin lānātus From lāna (“wool”) + -ātus (adjective suffix).

proper noun · masculinesecond declension
Lānātus2
Lānātus m sg (genitive Lānātī)
Classical[ɫaːˈnaː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[laˈnaː.tus]

Meaning

  1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by
  2. Agrippa Menenius Lanatus, a Roman consul

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeLānātus—
genitiveLānātī—
dativeLānātō—
accusativeLānātum—
ablativeLānātō—
vocativeLānāte—

Lānātus, i, m.,
I. a surname in the gens Menenia, Liv. 4, 13.

Origins

From lānātus (“wooly; downy”).

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

Quick answers

What does lānātus mean in Latin?
lānātus, a adjective, means “wooly; downy”.
How do you pronounce lānātus?
In classical Latin, [ɫaːˈnaː.tʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [laˈnaː.tus].
Where does lānātus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- → Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ → Proto-Italic *wlāna → Latin lānātus.