tepeo

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).

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.—

II.

Trop.

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.—

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.