taper (v.) Copy link Outline 1. fastīgor, 1 (used esp. in the perf. part. = t.ing)2. expr. by introducing a comparison with the mētae or cones that marked the goal in the race-course3. grăcĭlesco, 3 (very rare) • taper (v.): 1. fastīgor, 1 (used esp. in the perf. part. = t.ing): the leaves t. to a fine point, folia in exilitatem fastigantur, Plin. 24, 19, 118: comets t.ing to a point, cometae in mucronem f., id. 2, 25, 22. 2. expr. by introducing a comparison with the mētae or cones that marked the goal in the race-course: a hill t.ing to a sharp conical peak, collis in modum metae in acutum cacumen fastigatus, Liv. 37, 27: the t.ing cypress, metas imitata cupressus, Ov. M. 10, 106: an unbroken circumference t.ing like a cone from a broad base to narrow dimensions at the top, continuus orbis latiore initio tenuem in ambitum metae modo exsurgens, Tac. H. 2, 3. 3. grăcĭlesco, 3 (very rare): a t.ing obelisk, g. obeliscus, Amm. 17, 4, 7.