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tĕpĕo , ēre, v. n. Sanscr. tap, to be warm; tapas, heat; O. H. Germ. damf, warm,
I.to be moderately warm, lukewarm, or tepid (very rare; not in Cic.; cf.: caleo, ferveo).
I. Lit.: “ubi (dolium) temperate tepebit,” Cato, R. R. 69, 2: “carnes gallinaceorum ut tepebant avulsae,” Plin. 29, 4, 25, § 78: “ubi plus tepeant hiemes,” Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 15: “cor tepens,” Plin. 30, 7, 20, § 62: “tepentes aurae,” Verg. G. 2, 330; Ov. M. 1, 107: “sole tepente,” id. ib. 3, 489: “truncus tepens,” Verg. A. 10, 555; cf.: “tractu (caeli) tepente,” Plin. 36, 25, 62, § 186.—
II. Trop.
A. To be warm or to glow with love, to be enamored: “quo (Lycidā) calet juventus Nunc omnis et mox virgines tepebunt,” Hor. C. 1, 4, 20: “nescio quem sensi corde tepente deum,” Ov. H. 11, 26.—
B. To be lukewarm, cool, cold; to be without ardor, indifferent in love, etc.: “saepe tepent alii juvenes: ego semper amavi,” Ov. R. Am. 7; “so (opp. amare),” id. Am. 2, 2, 53: affectus tepet, * Quint. 6, 1, 44.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 1.107
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 3.489
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 10.555
    • Vergil, Georgics, 2.330
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 6, 1.44
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