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1 Cuneus
1. I.Prop., Cato, R. R. 10, 3; 11, 4; Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23; Verg. G. 1, 144; Hor. C. 1, 35, 18: jamque labant cunei, i. e. the plugs or wedges by which the ship's hull was made tight, Ov. M. 11, 514:* B.Britannia in cuneum tenuatur,
is shaped like a wedge, Tac. Agr. 10; cf. cuneo, II.—Trop.:II.hoc cuneo veritatis omnis extruditur haeresis,
Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 21 fin. —Meton.A.Troops drawn up for battle in the form of a wedge, Caes. B. G. 6, 39; Liv. 2, 50, 9; 10, 29, 7 al.; Tac. A. 1, 51; id. H. 2, 42; id. G. 6 sq.; Quint. 2, 13, 4; Verg. A. 12, 269; 12, 575 al.; cf. Veg. Mil. 1, 26; 3, 19;B.of the Macedonian phalanx: cohortes invicem sub signis, quae cuneum Macedonicum (phalangem ipsi vocant) si possent, vi perrumperent, emittebat,
Liv. 32, 17, 11;and Dict. of Antiq.—So of a mob: turbandae rei causā publicani cuneo inruperunt,
Liv. 25, 3, 18;of a flight of geese,
Plin. 10, 23, 32, § 63.—The wedge-form division of the rows of seats in a theatre, Vitr. 5, 6:2. C.ad tumulum cuneosque theatri perferre, etc.,
Verg. A. 5, 664; Suet. Aug. 44; Juv. 6, 61; cf. Dict. of Antiq.—Hence, *In architecture, the wedge-like space between the different painted or inlaid panels in walls, Vitr. 7, 4, 4; 7, 5, 1.2.Cŭnĕus, i, m., a promontory in Lusitania, now Cabo St. Maria, the extreme southern point of Portugal, Mel. 3, 1, 6; Plin. 4, 21, 35, § 116. -
2 cuneus
1. I.Prop., Cato, R. R. 10, 3; 11, 4; Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23; Verg. G. 1, 144; Hor. C. 1, 35, 18: jamque labant cunei, i. e. the plugs or wedges by which the ship's hull was made tight, Ov. M. 11, 514:* B.Britannia in cuneum tenuatur,
is shaped like a wedge, Tac. Agr. 10; cf. cuneo, II.—Trop.:II.hoc cuneo veritatis omnis extruditur haeresis,
Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 21 fin. —Meton.A.Troops drawn up for battle in the form of a wedge, Caes. B. G. 6, 39; Liv. 2, 50, 9; 10, 29, 7 al.; Tac. A. 1, 51; id. H. 2, 42; id. G. 6 sq.; Quint. 2, 13, 4; Verg. A. 12, 269; 12, 575 al.; cf. Veg. Mil. 1, 26; 3, 19;B.of the Macedonian phalanx: cohortes invicem sub signis, quae cuneum Macedonicum (phalangem ipsi vocant) si possent, vi perrumperent, emittebat,
Liv. 32, 17, 11;and Dict. of Antiq.—So of a mob: turbandae rei causā publicani cuneo inruperunt,
Liv. 25, 3, 18;of a flight of geese,
Plin. 10, 23, 32, § 63.—The wedge-form division of the rows of seats in a theatre, Vitr. 5, 6:2. C.ad tumulum cuneosque theatri perferre, etc.,
Verg. A. 5, 664; Suet. Aug. 44; Juv. 6, 61; cf. Dict. of Antiq.—Hence, *In architecture, the wedge-like space between the different painted or inlaid panels in walls, Vitr. 7, 4, 4; 7, 5, 1.2.Cŭnĕus, i, m., a promontory in Lusitania, now Cabo St. Maria, the extreme southern point of Portugal, Mel. 3, 1, 6; Plin. 4, 21, 35, § 116. -
3 cuneātim
cuneātim adv. [cuneatus], in the form of a wedge: hostes constiterunt, Cs.* * *in a closely packed/wedge formation; in the form of a wedge, wedge-shaped -
4 cuneo
cŭnĕo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [cuneus] (rare, and not ante-Aug.; cf. cuneatim).I.To fasten with wedges, to wedge up:* B.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:II.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. -
5 cuneatim
cŭnĕātim, adv. [cuneo], in the form of a wedge, wedge-shaped (rare):constiterunt hostes,
Caes. B. G. 7, 28; App. M. 8, p. 165 Bip.
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