intepeo
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Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /inˈte.pe.oː/, [ɪn̪ˈt̪ɛpeoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /inˈte.pe.o/, [in̪ˈt̪ɛːpeo]
Verb edit
intepeō (present infinitive intepēre, perfect active intepuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- to be lukewarm or tepid
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.215–216:
- ‘rōscida cum prīmum foliīs excussā pruīna est,
et variae radiīs intepuēre comae’- “When first the dewy rime has been shaken from the leaves,
and the variegated foliage is warmed by sunbeams”
(The poetic voice is that of Flora (mythology).)
- “When first the dewy rime has been shaken from the leaves,
- ‘rōscida cum prīmum foliīs excussā pruīna est,
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References edit
- “intepeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “intepeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- intepeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.