lanugo
ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις → even at the price of death, the fairest way to win his own exploits together with his other companions | but even at the risk of death would find the finest elixir of excellence together with his other companions | but to find, together with other young men, the finest remedy — the remedy of one's own valor — even at the risk of death
Latin > English
lanugo lanuginis N F :: down, youth
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
lānūgō,¹² ĭnis, f. (lana),
1 laine, substance laineuse ; coton des plantes : Lucr. 5, 817 ; Plin. 24, 108
2 duvet, poil follet, barbe naissante : Virg. En. 10, 324 || tendre jeunesse : Juv. 13, 59 || copeaux : Col. Rust. 4, 29, 16.
Latin > German (Georges)
lānūgo, inis, f. (lana), die Wolle, das Wollige, Flockige, linea, von der Oberfläche der Leinwand abgeschabte Flocken, Leinwandflocken, Plin. (u. so sed lanugo nulla, sie [die Leinwand] ist nicht flockig, Plin.): der Kräuter, Bäume, Früchte usw., Verg. u.a.: arundinum, Plin. – der Flaum des Bartes, die Milchhaare, mollis, Lucr.: prima, Verg., Sen. u.a.: pili lanugini similes, Cels.: tractare lanuginem alcis, Suet. – die Bohrspäne, Colum. 4, 29, 16.
