(v. a.P. a.) : cŭnĕo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.cuneus (rare, and not ante-Aug.; cf. cuneatim).
* 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.—*
* 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; 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.

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