tepeo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *tepēō, stative from Proto-Indo-European *tep- (“warm, hot”). Cognate with Albanian ftoh, Serbo-Croatian topao, Irish te (“hot”), Proto-Slavic *teplъ (“hot”), Sanskrit तप् (tap-, “hot”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈte.pe.oː/, [ˈt̪ɛpeoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈte.pe.o/, [ˈt̪ɛːpeo]

Verb

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

1. to be warm, lukewarm or tepid
2. to glow with love; to be enamored
3. to be lukewarm or indifferent in feeling

Conjugation

Conjugation of tepeō (second conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tepeō	tepēs	tepet	tepēmus	tepētis	tepent
	imperfect	tepēbam	tepēbās	tepēbat	tepēbāmus	tepēbātis	tepēbant
	future	tepēbō	tepēbis	tepēbit	tepēbimus	tepēbitis	tepēbunt
	perfect	tepuī	tepuistī	tepuit	tepuimus	tepuistis	tepuērunt, tepuēre
	pluperfect	tepueram	tepuerās	tepuerat	tepuerāmus	tepuerātis	tepuerant
	future perfect	tepuerō	tepueris	tepuerit	tepuerimus	tepueritis	tepuerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tepeam	tepeās	tepeat	tepeāmus	tepeātis	tepeant
	imperfect	tepērem	tepērēs	tepēret	tepērēmus	tepērētis	tepērent
	perfect	tepuerim	tepuerīs	tepuerit	tepuerīmus	tepuerītis	tepuerint
	pluperfect	tepuissem	tepuissēs	tepuisset	tepuissēmus	tepuissētis	tepuissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	tepē	—	—	tepēte	—
	future	—	tepētō	tepētō	—	tepētōte	tepentō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		tepēre	tepuisse	—	—	—	—
participles		tepēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		tependī	tependō	tependum	tependō	—	—

Derived terms

• intepeō
• praetepeō
• tepefaciō
• tepēscō
• tepidus
• tepor

Related terms

• tepidārius
• tepidē
• tepidō
• tepōrātus

References

• “tepeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tepeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tepeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.