al-lĭno (adl-), lēvi, lĭtum, 3, v. a. (upon the formation of the perf. v. Struve, p. 254 sq.; inf. adlinire, Pall. 1, 41 fin.; Febr. tit. 33; Maj. tit. 8, 1).
I Lit., to besmear , cover over , bedaub , = ἀλείφω (very rare): schedam, Plin. 13, 12, 23, § 77.—
II Trop., to draw over , to attach to , impart to : nulla nota, nullae sordes videbantur his sententiis adlini posse, * Cic. Verr. 1, 6, 17: incomptis (versibus) adlinet atrum signum, * Hor. A. P. 446: adlinere alteri vitia sua, Sen. Ep. 7.