verb transitive

cŭnĕo

2nd PP cŭnĕāre · 3rd PP cŭnāvi · 4th PP cŭnātum · conj. 1st

cuneus (rare, and not ante-Aug.; cf. cuneatim).

To fasten with wedges, to wedge up •

To fasten with wedges, to wedge up: si quid cuneandum sit in ligno clavisve figendum, Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 206: unus lapis facit fornacem, ille, qui latera inclinata cuneavit et interventu suo vinxit, the key-stone, Sen. Ep. 118, 16.—*

to press in, force in figuratively •

Trop., of discourse, to press in, force in: si oratio cohaeret et sequitur, non, si per vim cuneatur, Quint. 4, 3, 4.—

To make wedge-shaped;; pointed like a wedge, wedgeshaped ••

To make wedge-shaped; of places: (Britannia) iterum se in diversos angulos cuneat triquetra, is in the form of a wedge, Mel. 3, 6, 4 (cf. cuneus, I.): (Hispania) cuneatur angustiis inter duo maria, Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 29.—Hence, cŭnĕātus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to II.), pointed like a wedge, wedgeshaped: ager, Col. 5, 2, 1: collis acumine longo, Ov. M. 13, 778: jugum montis in angustum dorsum, Liv. 44, 4, 4.—Comp.: forma scuti ad imum cuneatior, Liv. 9, 40, 2.

Perseus ID: n11919 Key: cuneo