LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

lānūgō

lānūgō f (genitive lānūginis)
Classical[ɫaːˈnuː.ɡoː]Ecclesiastical[laˈnuː.ɡo]

Meaning

  1. woolly substance, the down of plants, of youthful cheeks, etc.
  2. sawdust

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativelānūgōlānūginēs
genitivelānūginislānūginum
dativelānūginīlānūginibus
accusativelānūginemlānūginēs
ablativelānūginelānūginibus
vocativelānūgōlānūginēs

lānūgo, ĭnis, f. cf. Gr. λάχνη, Lat. lāna,
I. woolly substance, down, of plants, of the cheeks, etc. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
I. Lit.: flaventem primā ianugine malas Dum sequeris Clytium, Verg. A. 10, 324; so, primaque par sacrae lanugo senectae, Juv. 13, 59; cf.: comae graciles et lanuginis instar, Ov. Am. 1, 14, 23: signarat dubia teneras lanugine malas, id. M. 13, 754: a prima lanugine, Suet. Oth. 12: herba cubile praebebat, multa et molli lanugine abundans, Lucr. 5, 817: folia araneosa lanugine obducta, Plin. 24, 12, 66, § 108: cana legam tenera lanugine mala, Verg. E. 2, 51.—
II. Transf., sawdust, Col. 4, 29, 16.

Origins

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

Latin -ūgō Latin lānūgō From lāna (“wool”) + -ūgō (“layer of”).

Descendants
  • Englishlanugo
  • Italianlanugine
  • Spanishlanugo
  • Esperantolanugo
  • Galicianlanuxe
  • Polishlanugo

In English words that came into English from lānūgō

  • lanugolānūgō
  • lanuginoselānūginōsus

Quick answers

What does lānūgō mean in Latin?
lānūgō, a noun, means “woolly substance, the down of plants, of youthful cheeks, etc.; sawdust”.
What is the genitive of lānūgō?
The genitive singular is lānūginis. lānūgō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce lānūgō?
In classical Latin, [ɫaːˈnuː.ɡoː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [laˈnuː.ɡo].
Where does lānūgō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- → Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ → Proto-Italic *wlāna → Latin lānūgō.