in-tĕpesco, pŭi, 3
* V. inch. n., to become lukewarm.
* Lit.: ne quis intepescat cibus,Sen. Ep. 78: strata membris tuis,Ov. H. 10. 54: intepescit annus,Col. 11, 2, 2: mitigato et intepescente calore,id. 1, 1, 5.
* Trop., to become weaker, milder; to cool down, lose force, slacken: iramque meam prudenti absentia extinxit: paululum ergo intepescente saevitia,Petr. 94: vitium,Amm. 14, 5, 5; 30, 4, 9: alacritas pugnatorum,id. 17, 13, 7; of persons,id. 20, 10, 1.

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