fistuco

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

fistūco, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a. [fistuca],

to ram down or in , to ram fast : fundamenta, Cato R. R. 18, 7: solum, Plin. 36, 25, 63, § 188; Vitr. 7, 4 fin. : rudus pedali crassitudine, Plin. 36, 25, 62, § 186.—In the part. perf. absol. : terram circa radices fistucato spissandam, by ramming down , i. q. fistucatione, Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 87.