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LNS

tepefaciō, tepefacere, tepefēcī, tepefactus

tepeo facio

verb (3^rd IO conjugation)

to make moderately warm, lukewarm, tepid
to warm, tepefy
verb. fin. act

Abbreviations

tepefacio, fēci, factum, 3 (fut. scanned tepēfaciet, Cat. 64, 361; cf. liquefacio), v. a. tepeo - facio, to make moderately warm, lukewarm, or tepid; to warm, tepefy (class.); as verb. fin. act.: is ejus (solis) tactus est, non ut tepefaciat solum, sed etiam saepe comburat, Cic. N. D. 2, 15, 40: corpus, Plin. 15, 4, 5, § 19: ova, id. 10, 33, 49, § 92: linteum, Cels. 3, 6 med.: in matris jugulo ferrum acutum, Hor. S. 2, 3, 136.

—Pass.: medicamentum semper ante tepefieri convenit, Cels. 6, 7: insecta tepefiunt, Plin. 11, 6, 5, § 13.

— Part. perf.: umor mollitur tepefactus et tabescit, Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 26; id. Tusc. 5, 13, 37; id. Sen. 15, 51; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 23; Lucr. 6, 322; Plin. 19, 1, 3, § 17; Verg. A. 9, 419.