I.to be moderately warm, lukewarm, or tepid (very rare; not in Cic.; cf.: caleo, ferveo).
I. Lit.: “ubi (dolium) temperate tepebit,” Cato, R. R. 69, 2: “carnes gallinaceorum ut tepebant avulsae,” Plin. 29, 4, 25, § 78: “ubi plus tepeant hiemes,” Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 15: “cor tepens,” Plin. 30, 7, 20, § 62: “tepentes aurae,” Verg. G. 2, 330; Ov. M. 1, 107: “sole tepente,” id. ib. 3, 489: “truncus tepens,” Verg. A. 10, 555; cf.: “tractu (caeli) tepente,” Plin. 36, 25, 62, § 186.—
II. Trop.