taper
taper
adj.
Thin: Ar. and P. λεπτός.
adj.
Thin: Ar. and P. λεπτός.
taper
subs.
Use torch.
subs.
Use torch.
taper
v. intrans.
Use P. and V. σῠνά̆γεσθαι, συντέμνεσθαι.
v. intrans.
Use P. and V. σῠνά̆γεσθαι, συντέμνεσθαι.
TAPER
s. cereus -i; candela cerea.
s. cereus -i; candela cerea.
adj. *pyramidis formam habens: *in pyramidis formam redactus erectus (pyramidal): *cono similis: *in coni formam redactus (conical): cacuminatus fastigatus (running to a point).
v. in acutum or in tenuitatem desinere: fastigatum esse.
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.]
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.):
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.
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.):
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.
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.