artĭo

īvi, ītum, 4, v. a.

1. artus

I. to fit close, to drive in tight (only ante-class.): surculum, Cato, R. R. 40, 3; so id. ib. 41, 2: linguam in palatum, Nov. ap. Non. p. 505, 30.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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