tepor
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin tepor, teporem.
Noun
tepor (uncountable)
- (archaic) Lukewarmness, tepidness, moderate warmth.
Related terms
English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *tep- (0 c, 8 e)
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From tepeō + -or. Proto-Indo-European *tépos (“heat”) is also possible, though the problem is the shift to masculine and the change to an R-stem.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtɛ.pɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt̪ɛː.por]
Noun
tepor m (genitive tepōris); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tepor | tepōrēs |
| genitive | tepōris | tepōrum |
| dative | tepōrī | tepōribus |
| accusative | tepōrem | tepōrēs |
| ablative | tepōre | tepōribus |
| vocative | tepor | tepōrēs |
Descendants
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.