YARN Copy link • YARNlinum netum (linen yarn; Ulp., Dig., 32, 3, 70, § 11): lana neta (woollen yarn, ib. § 2). A thread of linen yarn, filum lini or linteum: a thread of woollen yarn, filum lanae or laneum (both after Liv., 1, 32, and Plin., 36, 15, 22).