(adj.adv.) : lentus, a, um, adj.cf. lenis
* Pliant, flexible, tough, tenacious, sticky, viscous (syn.: flexilis, tardus, serus).
* Lit.: viburna,Verg. E. 1, 26: vitis,id. ib. 3, 38: genistae,id. G. 2, 12: rami,id. ib. 4, 558: flagellum,Phaedr. 3, 6, 6: verbera,i. e. produced with the limber whip,Verg. G. 3, 208: argentum,id. A. 7, 634; Cat. 61, 106; Tib. 4, 1, 171: lentior salicis virgis,Ov. M. 13, 800: gluten visco et pice lentius,tougher, more tenacious,Verg. G. 4, 41: ita istaec nimis lenta vincla sunt escaria,adhesive, tenacious,Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 18; cf.: lentis adhaerens brachiis,Her. Epod. 15, 6: quoniam mas (aron) esset in coquendo lentior,Plin. 24, 16, 92, § 143.
* Transf., slow, sluggish, immovable: tellus lenta gelu,Prop. 4 (5), 3, 39.amnis,Plin. 36, 26, 65, § 190: in lento luctantur marmore tonsae,sluggish, motionless,Verg. A. 7, 28: lento pilo,Tib. 4, 1, 90: asinus,Phaedr. 1, 15, 7: uteri pondera lenta,immovable, heavy,Prop. 4 (5), 1, 96.(100): herba durior et in coquendo lentior,slower, longer,Plin. 24, 16, 92, § 143: venenum,Tac. A. 6, 32: remedia,Curt. 3, 5, 13; Suet. Tib. 73: miserum populum Romanum, qui sub tam lentis maxillis erit,id. ib. 21: lentaque fori pugnamus harena,Juv. 7, 47: funus matris,slow in coming,id. 6, 565.
* Trop.
* Lasting or continuing long: militiae,Tib. 1, 3, 82: amor,id. 1, 4, 81: spes,Ov. H. 2, 9: tranquillitatis lentissimae taedium,Sen. Ep. 70: lentus abesto,remain long away,Ov. R. Am. 243: vivacitas adeo lenta,persistent,Plin. 8, 27, 41, § 100.
* Slow, lingering, lazy: lentus in dicendo,drawling,Cic. Brut. 48: mortis genus,Suet. Caes. 87: si lentus pigrā muniret castra dolabra,Juv. 8, 248: ira deorum,id. 13, 100.
* With gen.: lentus coepti,Sil. 3, 176.
* Of character, easy, calm, indifferent, unconcerned, phlegmatic, sluggish, obstinate: ut multa verba feci, ut lenta materies fuit,Plaut. Mil. 4, 5, 4: genus ridiculi patientis ac lenti,Cic. de Or. 2, 69: nimium patiens et lentus existimor,id. ib. 2, 75: Hannibalem lenti spectamus,Liv. 22, 14: lentus in suo dolore,Tac. A. 3, 70: tu, Tityre, lentus in umbra,at ease,Verg. E. 1, 4: lentissima pectora, insensible, cold (to love), Ov. H. 15, 169.—*
* (Pliant, hence) Ready, willing, Lucil. ap. Non. 22, 32, and 338, 13.—Hence, adv.: lentē, slowly, without haste, leisurely.
* Lit.: lente ac paulatim proceditur,Caes. B. C. 1, 80: currere,Ov. Am. 1, 13, 40: corpora lente augescunt, cito exstinguuntur,Tac. Agr. 3: Nilus evagari incipit, lente primo, deinde vehementius,Plin. 18, 18, 47, § 167. —Comp.: ipse cum reliquis copiis lentius subsequitur,Caes. B. C. 2, 40.—Sup.: asinus lentissime mandit,Col. 2, 15.—*
* Transf., pliantly, readily: arida ligna lentius serrae cedunt,Plin. 16, 43, 83, § 227.
* Trop.
* Calmly, dispassionately, indifferently: aliquid lente ferre,Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 190; cf. id. Fragm. ap. Non. 338, 9: agere,Liv. 1, 10: respondere, to answercooly, phlegmatically, Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 287. —Comp.: sed haec videri possunt odiosiora, cum lentius disputantur,Cic. Par. 1, 2, 10: quid lentius, celerius dicendum,Quint. 1, 8, 1.
* In a good sense, calmly, considerately, attentively: nisi eum (librum) lente ac fastidiose probavissem,Cic. Att. 2, 1, 1.

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