Tepidus, tépida, tépidum, pen. cor. Plin. Meane betwene cold and hote: warme: sukewarme.Tepidæ & egelidæ aquæ. Plin. Tepidum lac.Virg.Milke hote from the cowe.Dies tepidus.Ouid.A warme day.Tepidior tempestas. Var. A more warme season.Tepidus fulgor syderis. Plin. Tepidus, pro calido aliquando ponitur. Lucret. Hote.Ignes tepidi.Ouid.Hote. Sol tepidus. Virgil. Tepidus apor. Lucr. The warme vapour. Tepidus homo.Plaut.One that is colde and nothing hote or earnest in his matter.Mens tepida.Ouid. Tepidus humor. Vir. A notsome and vuprofitable humor.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
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.