taper (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. fastīgātus (see under the verb).2. turbĭnātus (shaped like a top)3. tĕres, ĕtis (well-rounded • taper (adj.): 1. fastīgātus (see under the verb). 2. turbĭnātus (shaped like a top): a more t. form, turbinatior figura, Plin. 15, 15, 17: the t. form of the pear, turbinatio piri, id. 15, 21, 23. 3. tĕres, ĕtis (well-rounded: poet.): t. fingers, t. digiti, Ov. A. A. 1, 622: a t. little arm, brachiolum t., Catul. 61, 181: with her t. neck thrown back, t. cervice reposta, Lucr. 1, 35. Phr.: the outline of the shield is more t. towards the bottom, forma scuti ad imum cuneatior, Liv. 9, 40, ad init.