soft woolly hair, down; thin hair
Ancient Greek word, found 13 times in the texts on Socratos.
Homer, Iliad 2.219: φοξὸς ἔην κεφαλήν, ψεδνὴ δʼ ἐπενήνοθε λάχνη.
Homer, Odyssey 11.320: ἀνθῆσαι πυκάσαι τε γένυς ἐυανθέι λάχνῃ.
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.325: Ἄργος Ἀρεστορίδης λάχνῃ μέλαν· αὐτὰρ ὁ καλὴν