cone Copy link Outline 1. cōnus (Gr. κῶνος)2. mēta (prop. the conical shaped goal in the circus) • cone: 1. cōnus (Gr. κῶνος): the figure of a cylinder, of a square or of a c., figura cylindri, vel quadrati vel coni, Cic.: hence of things c.-shaped: cypress c.s, cypressini c., Col.: of a helmet, galeae c., Virg. Hence, as applied to trees, c.-bearing, cōnĭfer, cōnĭger: Virg. 2. mēta (prop. the conical shaped goal in the circus): the shadow of the earth is the c. of night, umbra terrae est m. noctis, Cic. the box-tree shoots up into c.s, buxus in metas emittitur, Plin.