villus

villus, i, m. [Sanscr. urā, sheep; Gr. εἶρος, wool; cf. vellus],

• shaggy hair, a tuft of hair; of beasts, Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121; id. ib. 2, 63, 158; Verg. G. 3, 446; id. A. 5, 352; Ov. H. 6, 49; Mart. 14, 136, 2; Sid. Ep. 5, 17 med. al.—Of cotton, Plin. 11, 23, 27, § 77: tonsis mantelia villis, the nap of cloth, Verg. G. 4, 377; id. A. 1, 702.

villus, ī, m. (zu vellus), das zottige Haar der Tiere, die Zotte, kollektiv zottige Haare, villis ingentibus, Lucil.: animantium aliae villis vestitae, Cic.: ovium villi, Cic.: leonis, Verg.: arietis, Verg.: improbus barbarum villus, übermäßige Barthaare (der Ziegen), Plin.: tonsis mantelia villis, glatt geschorene, Verg.: übtr., v. der Baumwolle, Plin. 11, 77: cani arborum villi, Baummoos, Plin. 12, 108.

villus [CL] 1 shaggy hair or fur. animalia ‥ / ‥ sternuntur harena / hinc gelidas villo [v. l. villu] flatuque foventia plantas Bede CuthbV 229; ut belvae gelidum villo flatuque fovebant Alcuin SS Ebor 695 (recte 696); non tibi sit vilis pullus villis oneratus D. Bec. 526. 2 (in gl.) flock, tuft (of wool or sim.). b (rough) layer of (projecting) tufts or threads on surface of cloth, nap, pile. c shaggy or coarse cloth. ~us idem est quod floculus [in marg. ad Garl. Epith. IV 372] MS Bodleian Digby 65 f. 125; floccus, ~us Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 244; ~us flosum, de laine, flockes (Garl. Mor. Scol.) Teaching Latin I 151; ~us, -li gallice focheym scilicet pars velleris Ib. II 10; hic ~us, a lok of wolle ‥ flok WW.  b 7‥ villus, uuloh WW; ~us est vestimenti, villa possessio Alcuin Orth. 2350; lodex ‥ ~os de filo lineo ad mensuram digiti unius longos ex altera regione habuit R. Cold. Cuthb. 42; ardoris flamma pannos ‥ devorare non potuit nec etiam exteriores filorum ~os exustulavit Ib. 66; nope of a cloth, ~us PP.  c 7‥ villa [? l. villosa], lininryee WW; in membris capit ille caput dominumque pusillo / pauperis in villis gaudet habere stolam Garl. Epith. IV 372. 3 (esp. anat.) hair-like or thread-like filament or structure. vis attractiva attrahit per ~os longitudinales et retentiva retinet per ~os latitudinales et expulsiva expellit per ~os transversales; et hos ~os potest quilibet visu discernere in fissionibus arborum et eciam in coctis carnibus animalium Gros. Hexaem. IV 30 p. 155; lenificantur ‥ ~i transversorii et asperantur latitudinales et fiunt rigidi ex nimia siccitate Gilb. V 218v. 1; major iterum videtur esse in delectatione mulieris concupiscentia ex molli fricatione nervorum et ~orum matricis et irroratione puri et summe delectabilis Ib. VII 289 (recte 284). 2; est matrix membrum organicum ‥ ~os ‥ carnosos et folliculos habens in fundo Ric. Med. Anat. 231; prostitute ‥ ex frequentia coitus matrices habent oblimatas, ~osque in quibus semen retinere debent coopertos Quaest. Salern. B 12; est illud os interius vestitum ~is nervi audibilis venientis a cerebro Gad. 114. 2.

villus, (13) ī, m. , poil [des anim.] : Cic. Nat. 2, 121 ; 158 ; Virg. G. 3, 446 || [dʼune étoffe] Virg. G. 4, 377 || mousse des arbres : Plin. 12, 108.

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villus, i, m.: (di animali) vello, pelo.

villus ī, m

• 1 VEL-, a tuft of hair, shaggy hair, wool, fleece: (animantes) villis vestitae: tonsis mantelia villis, with the nap shorn, V., O.