I.moderately warm, lukewarm, tepid (cf.: calidus, fervidus).
I. Lit.: “frigidum aliquid et calidum novimus: inter utrumque tepidum est. Si tepido illi plus frigidi ingessero, fiet frigidum: si plus calidi affudero, fiet novissime calidum,” Sen. Ep. 92, 21; so, “calidus tepidusque vapor,” Lucr. 2, 858: “tactus,” id. 6, 1165: “lac,” Ov. M. 7, 247: “jus,” Hor. S. 1, 3, 81: “sol,” id. Ep. 1, 20, 19: “brumae,” id. C. 2, 6, 17: “cruor,” Verg. A. 6, 248: “foci,” Ov. F. 2, 646: “rogi,” id. H. 6, 90; id. Tr. 1, 5, 12: “Notus,” id. P. 4, 10, 43: “Berenicida,” Luc. 9, 524: “aqua,” Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 123; 31, 2, 2, § 4.—Comp.: “fastigia tepidiora,” Varr. R. R. 1, 6, 2: “dies,” id. ib. 3, 10, 3; Plin. 10, 59, 79, § 163.—Sup.: “cubiculum hieme tepidissimum,” Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 24. —
II. Trop., opp. to heat, ardor, lukewarm, cooled, faint, languid, etc.: “tepidam recalescere mentem,” Ov. R. Am. 629; so, “mens,” id. A. A. 2, 445: “ignes,” id. M. 11, 225; id. Am. 2, 19, 15: “adflarant tepidae pectora vestra faces,” id. R. Am. 434.—Adv.: tĕpĭdē , tepidly, lukewarmly.
b. Trop., without warmth, flatly: “tepidissime hoc dicebat,” Aug. Conf. 8, 11 med.
