tepor

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tepor, teporem.

Noun

tepor (uncountable)

(archaic) lukewarmness, tepidness, moderate warmth.

Related terms

tepid

Anagrams

-trope, Perot, Petro, Porte, opter, petro-, ptero-, repot, toper, trope

Latin

Etymology

From tepeō.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈte.por/, [ˈtɛ.pɔr]

Noun

tepor m (genitive tepōris); third declension

gentle warmth; tepidity

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	tepor	tepōrēs
genitive	tepōris	tepōrum
dative	tepōrī	tepōribus
accusative	tepōrem	tepōrēs
ablative	tepōre	tepōribus
vocative	tepor	tepōrēs

Descendants

English: tepor
Italian: tepore

References

tepor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
tepor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
tepor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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