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tĕpĕfăcĭo, fēci, factum, 3 (fut. scanned tĕpēfăciet, Cat. 64, 361; cf. liquefacio), v. a. [tepeo-facio], to make moderately warm, lukewarm, or tepid; to warm, tepefy (class.); as verb. fin. act.: is ejus (solis) tactus est, non ut tepefaciat solum, sed etiam saepe comburat, Cic. N. D. 2, 15, 40: corpus, Plin. 15, 4, 5, § 19: ova, id. 10, 33, 49, § 92: linteum, Cels. 3, 6 med.: in matris jugulo ferrum acutum, Hor. S. 2, 3, 136.
Pass.: medicamentum semper ante tepefieri convenit, Cels. 6, 7: insecta tepefiunt, Plin. 11, 6, 5, § 13.
Part. perf.: umor mollitur tepefactus et tabescit, Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 26; id. Tusc. 5, 13, 37; id. Sen. 15, 51; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 23; Lucr. 6, 322; Plin. 19, 1, 3, § 17; Verg. A. 9, 419.

tĕpĕo, ēre, v. n. [Sanscr. tap, to be warm; tapas, heat; O. H. Germ. damf, warm], to be moderately warm, lukewarm, or tepid (very rare; not in Cic.; cf.: caleo, ferveo).

  1. 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.
  2. II. Trop.
    1. 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.
    2. 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.

tĕpesco, pŭi, 3, v. inch. n. [tepeo], to become moderately warm, lukewarm, or tepid.

  1. 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.
  2. II. To grow cool (rare).
    1. A. Lit., Mart. 2, 1, 10.
    2. 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.

† tephrĭas, ae, m., = τεφρίας, a kind of ash-colored stone, Plin. 36, 7, 11, § 56.

† tephrītis, ĭdis, f., = τεφρῖτις, an ashcolored precious stone, otherwise unknown, Plin. 37, 10, 68, § 184.

tĕpĭdārĭus, a, um, adj. [tepidus], of or belonging to tepid water or to a tepid bath.

  1. I. Adj.: aënum, Vitr. 5, 10: CELLA, Inscr. Orell. 3328.
  2. II. Subst.: tĕpĭdārĭum, ii, n., a tepid bathing-room, tepid bath, Cels. 1, 3; Vitr. 5, 10, §§ 1 and 5.

tĕpĭdē, adv., v. tepidus fin.

* tĕpĭdo, āre, v. a. [tepidus], to make lukewarm or tepid, Plin. 17, 26, 41, § 250.

tĕpĭdus, a, um, adj. [tepeo], moderately warm, lukewarm, tepid (cf.: calidus, fervidus).

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
        1. a. Lit., Col. 8, 5, 19.
          Comp., Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 25; Lampr. Comm. 1, § 9.
        2. * b. Trop., without warmth, flatly: tepidissime hoc dicebat, Aug. Conf. 8, 11 med.

tĕpor, ōris, m. [tepeo], a gentle warmth, lukewarmness, tepidity, tepor (cf.: fervor, calor).

  1. 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.
    1. B. Concr., plur., fomentations, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 19, 120.
  2. II. Opp. to warmth (very rare).
    1. A. Lit.: excepta vox est, cum teporem incusaret, Tac. H. 3, 32 fin.
    2. B. Trop., coldness, languor of language: libri eiusdem lentitudinis ac teporis, Tac. Or. 21 med.

* tĕpōrātus, a, um, adj. [tepor], made moderately warm, warmed: fragmenta vitri, Plin. 36, 26, 67, § 199.

tĕpōrus, a, um, adj. [tepor], warm, mild (late Lat.): aequinoctium veris, Aus. Ecl. Solstit. 1: flatus Favonii, Sid. Ep. 9, 16.

tĕpŭla ăqua, a stream of water (perh. tepid) conducted to the Capitol at Rome, Front. Aquaed. 8; Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 121.