verb transitive

allĭno

2nd PP al-lĭnere · 3rd PP allēvi · 4th PP allĭtum · conj. 3rd

(), (upon the formation of the perf. v. Struve, p. 254 sq.; inf. adlinire, Pall. 1, 41 fin.; Febr. tit. 33; Maj. tit. 8, 1)

to besmear; cover over; bedaub •

Lit., to besmear, cover over, bedaub, = ἀλείφω (very rare): schedam, Plin. 13, 12, 23, § 77.—

to draw over; to attach to; impart to figuratively •

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.

Perseus ID: n1948 Key: allino