tepor Latin · revision 32965

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=116–27 BC, Varro|origins=ine-pro *t(e)p-eh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈtɛ.pɔr]^(Wiktionary)

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''tepor''' ''m'' (genitive tepōris); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|tepeō|-or|t1=to be warm]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|tepeō]] to [[itc-pro|*tep-ē-|t=to be warm]] and [[ine-pro|*t(e)p-eh₁-|t=to be warm]]; the noun might continue an old neuter [[ine-pro|*tep-os-|t=warmth]], seen in [[sa|तपस्|tr=tápas-|t=heat, glow]], but since it appears only from Varro on it may be a recent formation.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) He compares [[sga|té|t=hot]] and [[m|sga|tess|t=heat]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Varro,^(de Vaan 2008) who writes of roots spreading through the warmth of the earth;^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates it from Catullus.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a gentle warmth, as against cold: Cicero writes of warmth that comes from outside, Livy of the sun's warmth.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) Horace uses the plural of feverish heats at night, and Pliny the Elder of a mild pungency of taste in cassia.^(OLD 2012) Measured against true heat it is lukewarmness: Curtius has a spring cool down to its usual lukewarmness.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short contrast it with ''fervor'' and ''calor''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro of the warmth of the earth.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of outside warmth.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace of feverish heats.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Curtius of a spring growing lukewarm.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Gentle [[m|en|warmth]], mild heat.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A feverish heat.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A slight [[m|en|pungency]] of taste or smell.^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|lukewarmness|alt=Lukewarmness]], [[m|en|tepidity]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[teporātus]]

+ * [[teporus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[tepeo|alt=tepeō]]

+ * [[tepidus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}