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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.

* cŭnĕātĭo, ōnis, f. [cuneo], a wedgeshaped point: narium, Scrib. Comp. 47.

cŭnĕātus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from cuneo.

cŭnēla, ae, f., v. cunila.

cŭnĕo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [cuneus] (rare, and not ante-Aug.; cf. cuneatim).

  1. 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.
    1. * B. Trop., of discourse, to press in, force in: si oratio cohaeret et sequitur, non, si per vim cuneatur, Quint. 4, 3, 4.
  2. 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.

cŭnĕŏlus, i, m. dim. [cuneus], a little wedge, a small gore, Cic. Univ. 13; Col. 4, 29, 10; Pall. Febr. 17, 3.

1. cŭnĕus, i, m. [cf. Sanscr. çā, çān, to sharpen; Lat. cos, cautes], a wedge.

  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: Britannia in cuneum tenuatur, is shaped like a wedge, Tac. Agr. 10; cf. cuneo, II.
    1. * B. Trop.: hoc cuneo veritatis omnis extruditur haeresis, Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 21 fin.
  2. II. Meton.
    1. 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; 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.
    2. B. The wedge-form division of the rows of seats in a theatre, Vitr. 5, 6: ad tumulum cuneosque theatri perferre, etc., Verg. A. 5, 664; Suet. Aug. 44; Juv. 6, 61; cf. Dict. of Antiq.
      Hence,
      1. * 2. Transf., the spectators: ut vero cuneis notuit res omnibus, all the boxes, Phaedr. 5, 8, 35.
    3. C. 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.