col-līnĕo (conl-), āvi, ātum, āre, v. a., to direct something in a straight line, to aim (rare, and except in Cic. only postclass.).
- I. Prop.: hastam aut sagittam aliquo, Cic. Fin. 3, 6, 22: manum et oculos, Julian. ap. Gell. 9, 1, 6: oculos ad umbram, App. M. 9, p. 237; id. Flor. 23.
- * II. To take a right aim, Cic. Div. 2, 59, 121; cf. Madv. Fin. p. 382.
Hence, collīnĕātē, adv., in a direct line; trop., skilfully, artistically; in sup., Jul. Val. Alex. M. 3, 48; so id. ib. 3, 58.