tepefacio

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.