taper (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. cēreus2. fūnālis (a wax-torch)3. candēla • taper (subs.): 1. cēreus: Cic. Off. 3, 20, 80. 2. fūnālis (a wax-torch): id. Sen. 13, 44: Virg.: Hor. 3. candēla: Juv. 3, 287. [N.B.--Though candēla does not occur in Cic., the derivative candelabrum does. Cēreŏlārium, or -āre, a stand for wax t.s, occurs in Inscr.]
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.
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.
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.