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.