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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *tepēō, stative from Proto-Indo-European *tep- (“warm, hot”). Cognate with Albanian ftoh, Serbo-Croatian topao, Proto-Slavic *teplъ (“hot”), Sanskrit तप् (tap-, “hot”).
Pronunciation
Verb
tepeō (present infinitive tepēre, perfect active tepuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- to be warm, lukewarm or tepid
- to glow with love; to be enamored
- to be lukewarm or indifferent in feeling
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References
- “tepeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tepeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tepeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.