A / artĭo
verb transitive

artĭo

2nd PP artīre · 3rd PP artīvi · 4th PP artītum · conj. 4th
to fit close; to drive in tight
to fit close, to drive in tight (only ante-class.): surculum, Cato, R. R. 40, 3; so id. ib. 41, 2: linguam in palatum, Nov. ap. Non. p. 505, 30.