LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

lāneus

lāneus (feminine lānea, neuter lāneum)
Classical[ˈɫaː.ne.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈlaː.ne.us]

Meaning

  1. adjectivewoollen
    laneaque aridulis haerebant morsa labellisand woolen bits clung to dry lipsc. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 64

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativelāneuslānealāneum
genitivelāneīlāneaelāneī
dativelāneōlāneaelāneō
accusativelāneumlāneamlāneum
ablativelāneōlāneālāneō
vocativelāneelānealāneum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativelāneīlāneaelānea
genitivelāneōrumlāneārumlāneōrum
dativelāneīslāneīslāneīs
accusativelāneōslāneāslānea
ablativelāneīslāneīslāneīs
vocativelāneīlāneaelānea

lānĕus, a, um, adj. id.,
I. woollen, of wool.
I. Lit.: pallium, Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 83: culcita ob oculos, Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 42: infula, Verg. G. 3, 487: thorax subuculae, Suet. Aug. 82: coma flaminis, i. e. his woollen fillet, Stat. S. 5, 3, 183: effigies, little woollen figures which were distributed at the Compitalia, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 Müll.— Prov.: dii irati laneos pedes habent, i. e. the vengeance of the gods comes unperceived, Macr. S. 1, 8, 5; Petr. 44, v. 789.—
II. Transf.
A. Covered with a woolly sub stance, downy; of fruits: pira corio laneo, Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 55 (Jahn et Corrolana).—
B. Soft like wool, woolly: lupus, a kind of fish, Mart. 13, 89, 1: latusculum, Cat. 25, 10.

Origins

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

Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin lāneus From lana (“wool”) + -eus.

Quick answers

What does lāneus mean in Latin?
lāneus, a adjective, means “woollen”.
How do you pronounce lāneus?
In classical Latin, [ˈɫaː.ne.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈlaː.ne.us].
Where does lāneus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- → Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ → Proto-Italic *wlāna → Latin lāneus.