tepeo Latin · revision 32877

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=inherited|attested=234–149 BC, Cato|origins=ine-pro *t(e)p-eh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈtɛ.pe.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈtɛː.pe.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''tepeō''' (present infinitive tepēre, perfect active tepuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*tep-ē-|t=to be warm]], [[inh|ine-pro|*t(e)p-eh₁-|t=to be warm]].^(de Vaan 2008) De Vaan notes that the verb may be old, but it has no direct cognates in the other Indo-European languages, except perhaps [[sq|ftoh|t=to cool down]].^(de Vaan 2008) The root is widespread: cognate with [[sga|té|t=hot]], [[cy|tes|t=heat]] and [[sa|तपति|tr=tápati|t=to heat, be hot]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) Latin has only productive derivatives of it, such as [[m|la|tepidus]] and [[m|la|tepor]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Cato.^(de Vaan 2008) Cato says that a jar should be heated less than for pitching: it is enough that it be warm.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to be moderately warm or lukewarm;^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short call it rare and note that Cicero does not use it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) Virgil applies it to a body still warm with life.^(OLD 2012) Ovid uses it of the warmth of love, and also of being lukewarm in one's feelings.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Quintilian says that an appeal to emotion falls flat if it has no effect.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it to be tepid or lukewarm.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato of a warmed jar.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of a body still warm.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid of a heart warm with love.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian of an appeal that falls flat.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To be moderately warm, [[m|en|lukewarm]], [[m|en|tepid]]; to have the warmth of a living body.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To glow with love.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To be lukewarm in one's feelings, [[m|en|indifferent]]; of efforts, to lack force, fall flat.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[intepeō]]

+ * [[tepefaciō]]

+ * [[tepidus]]

+ * [[tepor]]

+ * [[tepēscō]]

+ * [[praetepeō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[tepidārius]]

+ * [[tepidē]]

+ * [[tepidō]]

+ * [[tepōrātus]]

+ * [[en|tepid]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}