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|lshtext=<b>vellus</b>: ĕris, n. Sanscr. ura for [[vara]], [[sheep]]; [[root]] var, to [[cover]]; Gr. ἔρ-ιον, [[εἶρος]], [[wool]]; Goth. vulla; Germ. Wolle.<br /><b>I</b> Lit., [[wool]] [[shorn]] [[off]], a [[fleece]]: pastores Palatini ex ovibus [[ante]] tonsuram inventam vellere lanam sunt soliti: a quo vellera dicuntur, Varr. L. L. 5, §§ 54 and 130 Müll.; id. R. R. 2, 11, 9; Plin. 27, 7, 28, § 50; Lucr. 6, 504; Hor. Epod. 12, 21; id. Ep. 1, 10, 27; Ov. M. 6, 21; 14, 264.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The [[skin]] of a [[sheep]] [[with]] the [[wool]] on it, the [[fell]] or [[pelt]] [[entire]], Col. 7, 4, 4; Tib. 2, 1, 62; Verg. E. 3, 95; id. A. 7, 95; Ov. H. 18, 144; id. F. 5, 102.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The [[hide]], [[pelt]] of [[any]] [[other]] [[animal]]: fulvi leonis, Ov. F. 2, 340; cf. id. ib. 5, 396: cervina, id. M. 6, 593; cf. id. ib. 3, 197: ferina, id. ib. 11, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[sheep]]: cultrosque in guttura velleris atri Conicit, Ov. M. 7, 244; cf. Calp. Ecl. 2, 7.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Of [[woolly]] [[material]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Wool, [[down]]: velleraque ut foliis depectant tenuia [[Seres]], i. e. the fleeces or flocks of [[silk]], Verg. G. 2, 121.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[light]], [[fleecy]] clouds: tenuia nec lanae per [[caelum]] vellera ferri, Verg. G. 1, 397; so Luc. 4, 124.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[snow]]-flakes, Mart. 4, 3, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Of things made of [[wool]]: Parnasia, [[woollen]] bands or fillets, Stat. S. 5, 3, 8.