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.
IV —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.