sup-pīlo

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.—

With inf.:

nec Idalia lenta incaluisse sagitta,

Sil. 5, 19.—

Of bad payers, slow, backward:

infitiatores,

Cic. Cat. 2, 10:

negotium,

tedious, id. Att. 1, 12; 1, 13 fin. —

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 answer [p. 1051] cooly, 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.