tepor

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tepor, teporem.

Noun

tepor (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Lukewarmness, tepidness, moderate warmth.
English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *tep-‎ (0 c, 8 e)

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From tepeō +‎ -or. Proto-Indo-European *tépos (“heat”) is also possible, though the problem is the shift to masculine and the change to an R-stem.

Pronunciation

Noun

tepor m (genitive tepōris); third declension

  1. gentle warmth; tepidity

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tepor tepōrēs
Genitive tepōris tepōrum
Dative tepōrī tepōribus
Accusative tepōrem tepōrēs
Ablative tepōre tepōribus
Vocative tepor tepōrēs

Descendants

  • English: tepor
  • Italian: tepore

References

  • “tepor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “tepor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tepor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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