lunare

lunare [CL] , to make into the shape of a crescent moon, to curve, arch. b (p. ppl.) crescent-shaped, curved, arched. arcuare, curvare, quod etiam ~are dicitur Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 43; orbiculum tollit communis fibula crurum / surarumque, genu, nec, quem internodia lunant, / angulus incurvi corrugat poplitis arcum Hanv. II 56; nunc stat et obsequiis genuum cessantibus arcum / lunat et accedit humeris Ib. 84; ecce supercilium monachi lunatur in altum Ib. V 312.  b quendam hominem ‥ ~atas habuisse plantas duorum non amplius digitorum comperimus [cf. Aug. Civ. Dei XVI 8] Lib. Monstr. I 25; armenti princeps lunatum robur [i. e. the strength of his horns] in ornos / asperat objectas J. Exon. BT I 300; arcu lunato ‥ / ‥ doctor Achillis adest Neckam DS I 457; mors ‥ / ‥ / non lunatas, non corruscas / spatas pavet plusquam muscas / vel minutos culices Walt. Wimb. Van. 140.