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, Ap. Met. 9, 42, 9; id. Flor. 23.—*
II To take a right aim , Cic. Div. 2, 59, 121; cf. Madv. Fin. p. 382.
III —Hence, collīnĕātē , adv., in a direct line; trop., skilfully , artistically; in sup. , Jul. Val. Alex. M. 3, 48; so id. ib. 3, 58.