tepescit
Dictionary entries
- Entry →tepesco, tepescere, tepui, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
grow warm/acquire some heat; become tepid/lukewarm; grow warm/cool (passion);
sg. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber Duodecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...aestu curarum, nutantque minae et prior ira tepescit. tunc firmat sese, fictumque ac triste renidens, 'paruane prostratis,' inquit..."Aeneid IX
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...vulneris undam spumantem, et fixo ferrum in pulmone tepescit. tum Meropem atque Erymanta manu, tum sternit Aphidnum..."