verb transitive

līnĕo

2nd PP līnĕāre · 3rd PP līnāvi · 4th PP līnātum · conj. 1st

to reduce to a straight line, to make straight; perpendicular

to reduce to a straight line, to make straight or perpendicular.

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Lit.: dolabit, lineabit, secabitque materiam, Cato, R. R. 14, 3: bene lineata carina, Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 40: radios, Vitr. 9, 4, 13.—

by extension

Transf., pass. part.

Striped •

Striped: basiliscus albis maculis lineatus, Isid. 12, 4, 7; 16, 12, 4.—

Decked out •

Decked out: inter comatos lineatosque juvenes, Hier. Ep. 117, n. 6.

Perseus ID: n26686 Key: lineo