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tĕpor , ōris, m. id.,
I.a gentle warmth, lukewarmness, tepidity, tepor (cf.: fervor, calor).
I. Opp. to cold (class.): “externus et adventicius tepor,” Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 26: “uvae,” id. Sen. 15, 53: “solis,” Liv. 41, 2, 4; Plin. 11, 18, 20, § 63: “mundi,” Luc. 8, 365: “primus tepor, i. e. of spring,” Sen. Herc. Oet. 381: “(cupressus) alibi non nisi in tepore proveniens,” in a mild, moderate temperature, Plin. 16, 33, 60, § 142; 2, 50, 51, § 136; 16, 32, 59, § 137: “verno tepori similis,” Curt. 4, 7, 17: “tepore febrium arescunt,” Amm. 19, 4, 2.— In plur., Lucr. 2, 517; Cat. 46, 1. —
B. Concr., plur., fomentations, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 19, 120.—
II. Opp. to warmth (very rare).
A. Lit.: “excepta vox est, cum teporem incusaret,” Tac. H. 3, 32 fin. —
B. Trop., coldness, languor of language: “libri eiusdem lentitudinis ac teporis,” Tac. Or. 21 med.
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 (9):
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 3.32
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 2.517
    • Lucan, Civil War, 8.365
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 11.63
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 41, 2.4
    • Seneca, Hercules Oetaeus, 381
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 2.10
    • Cicero, De Senectute, 15
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 4.7.17
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