(verb) : lento, āvi, ātum, 1, id.
* To make flexible, to bend (poet. and in postclass. prose).
* Lit.: arcus lentare et fundere glandes,i. e. to draw a bow,Stat. Achill. 1, 436; so, arcus,id. Th. 1, 703: Gortynia cornua,id. ib. 3, 587.
* Transf., to bend, i. e. ply the oar: Trinacriā lentandus remus in undā,Verg. A. 3, 384: remos,Sen. Agm. 437.
* Trop.
* Of time, to draw out, prolong, lengthen, protract: lentare fervida bella,Sil. 8, 11: fata Romana lentata, Treb. Claud. 6.
* To moderate: lentatus vapor,Sid. Carm. 22, 191.

s. TLL