cuneo
τάλαιναι κόραι Φαέθοντος οἴκτῳ δακρύων τὰς ἠλεκτροφαεῖς αὐγάς → girls, in grief for Phaethon, drop the amber radiance of their tears
Latin > English
cuneo cuneare, cuneavi, cuneatus V TRANS :: wedge in, secure by wedging; force in like a wedge; form a wedge, taper; mass
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cŭnĕo: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. cuneus (rare, and not ante-Aug.; cf. cuneatim).
I 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.—*
B Trop., of discourse, to press in, force in: si oratio cohaeret et sequitur, non, si per vim cuneatur, Quint. 4, 3, 4.—
II 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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
cŭnĕō,¹⁶ āvī, ātum, āre (cuneus), tr.,
1 serrer (maintenir) avec un coin : Plin. 16, 206 ; Sen. Ep. 118, 16 ; [fig.] Quint. 4, 3, 4
2 donner la forme d’un coin : Mela 3, 50 || [pass.] prendre la forme d’un coin : Plin. 3, 29.
Latin > German (Georges)
cuneo, āvī, ātum, āre (cuneus), I) verkeilen, si quid cuneandum sit in ligno, Plin.: unus lapis fecit fornicem, ille qui latera inclinata cuneavit et interventu suo vinxit, Sen. – übtr., v. der Rede, si (oratio) cohaeret et sequitur, non, si per vim cuneatur, Quint. 4, 3, 4. – II) keilförmig machen, dah. cun. se u. Passiv cuneari, v. Örtl. = keilförmig werden od. zulaufen, (Britannia) iterum se in diversos angulos cuneat triquetra, Mela: cuneatur (Hispania) angustiis inter duo maria, Plin. Vgl. cuneatus.
