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pliantly

  • 1 lentus

    lentus, a, um, adj. [cf. lenis], pliant, flexible, tough, tenacious, sticky, viscous (syn.: flexilis, tardus, serus).
    I.
    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.—
    B.
    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.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    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.—
    (β).
    With gen.:

    lentus coepti,

    Sil. 3, 176.—
    (γ).
    With inf.:

    nec Idalia lenta incaluisse sagitta,

    Sil. 5, 19.—
    2.
    Of bad payers, slow, backward:

    infitiatores,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 10:

    negotium,

    tedious, id. Att. 1, 12; 1, 13 fin. —
    C.
    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.—
    * D.
    (Pliant, hence) Ready, willing, Lucil. ap. Non. 22, 32, and 338, 13.—Hence, adv.: lentē, slowly, without haste, leisurely.
    1.
    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.—
    * b.
    Transf., pliantly, readily:

    arida ligna lentius serrae cedunt,

    Plin. 16, 43, 83, § 227. —
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    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.—
    b.
    In a good sense, calmly, considerately, attentively:

    nisi eum (librum) lente ac fastidiose probavissem,

    Cic. Att. 2, 1, 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > lentus

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