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lentesco, ĕre
* V. inch. n. [lentus], to become viscous or sticky; to become pliant, soft (perh. not ante-Aug.).
* Lit.: salix, si minus lenta est, in stercore obruenda, ut lentescat,Col. 11, 2, 92: sed picis in morem ad digitos lentescit habendo,becomes viscous, adheres,Verg. G. 2, 250: ut in picem resinamve lentescit,Tac. G. 45: gemma cerae modo lentescit,Plin. 37, 10, 70, § 185: metallum in virgulas lentescens,Hier. Ep. 24, n. 3.
* Trop., to slacken, relax: lentescunt tempore curae,Ov. A. A. 2, 357. —Of persons: non torpenti lentescit affectu,Ambros. in Luc. 8, 1.
* V. inch. n. [lentus], to become viscous or sticky; to become pliant, soft (perh. not ante-Aug.).
* Lit.: salix, si minus lenta est, in stercore obruenda, ut lentescat,Col. 11, 2, 92: sed picis in morem ad digitos lentescit habendo,becomes viscous, adheres,Verg. G. 2, 250: ut in picem resinamve lentescit,Tac. G. 45: gemma cerae modo lentescit,Plin. 37, 10, 70, § 185: metallum in virgulas lentescens,Hier. Ep. 24, n. 3.
* Trop., to slacken, relax: lentescunt tempore curae,Ov. A. A. 2, 357. —Of persons: non torpenti lentescit affectu,Ambros. in Luc. 8, 1.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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