tepidus

tĕpĭdus, a, um, adj. [tepeo], 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.

a.

Lit., Col. 8, 5, 19. — Comp., Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 25; Lampr. Comm. 1, § 9.—

* b.

Trop., without warmth, flatly:

tepidissime hoc dicebat,

Aug. Conf. 8, 11 med.