TAPER Copy link • TAPER 1. s. cereus, -i; candela cerea. 2. adj., *pyramidis formam habens: *in pyramidis formam redactus, erectus (pyramidal): *cono similis: *in coni formam redactus (conical): cacuminatus, fastigatus (running to a point). 3. v. in acutum or in tenuitatem desinere: fastigatum esse.