tĕpĭdus — Lewis & Short
tĕpĭdus, a, um, adj.tepeo,
I 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.