tepor

tĕpor, ōris, m. [id.], 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.