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tĕpesco , pŭi, 3,
I.v. inch. n. [tepeo], to become moderately warm, lukewarm, or tepid.
I. To grow warm: maria agitata ventis ita tepescunt, ut, etc., * Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 26; Cels. 3, 6 med.; Ov. M. 3, 412: “nostra tepescit aqua,” id. P. 3, 4, 56: “fixo ferrum in pulmone tepescit,” Verg. A. 9, 701; Mart. 6, 59, 4 al.—
II. To grow cool (rare).
A. Lit., Mart. 2, 1, 10. —
B. Trop., to cool off, decrease in ardor: “paulatim fugit ira ferox mentesque tepescunt,” Luc. 4, 284: “negotio tepescente,” Amm. 28, 1, 9: “cum omnes amicitiae Romae tepescant,” id. 28, 4, 21: “veneres tepuere sub annis,” Nemes. Ecl. 1, 13.
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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 3.412
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 9.701
    • Lucan, Civil War, 4.284
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 2.10
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 3.6
    • Ovid, Ex Ponto, 3.4
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