View source for lento

{{LaEn
|lnetxt=lento lentare, lentavi, lentatus V :: [[bend under strain]]
}}
{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>lento</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. id.,<br /><b>I</b> to [[make]] [[flexible]], to [[bend]] ([[poet]]. and in postclass. [[prose]]).<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., to [[bend]], i. e. [[ply]] the [[oar]]: Trinacriā lentandus [[remus]] in undā, Verg. A. 3, 384: remos, Sen. Agm. 437.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Of [[time]], to [[draw]] [[out]], [[prolong]], [[lengthen]], [[protract]]: lentare fervida bella, Sil. 8, 11: fata Romana lentata, Treb. Claud. 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> To [[moderate]]: lentatus [[vapor]], Sid. Carm. 22, 191.
}}
{{Gaffiot
|gf=(2) <b>lentō</b>,¹⁵ āvī, ātum, āre ([[lentus]]), tr., rendre flexible, [d’où] ployer, courber : Stat. Ach. 1, 436 &#124;&#124; faire plier : Virg. En. 3, 384 &#124;&#124; [fig.] prolonger, faire durer [en parl. du temps] : Sil. 8, 11 &#124;&#124; modérer : Sid. Carm. 22, 191.||faire plier : Virg. En. 3, 384||[fig.] prolonger, faire durer [en parl. du temps] : Sil. 8, 11||modérer : Sid. Carm. 22, 191.
}}
{{Georges
|georg=lento, āvī, ātum, āre ([[lentus]]), I) biegsam [[machen]], [[biegen]], arcum, [[spannen]], Stat.: [[Gortynia]] cornua, Stat. – lentandus [[remus]] in [[unda]], das [[Ruder]] muß [[noch]] [[viel]] [[sich]] [[mühen]] (eig. muß biegsam, [[geschmeidig]] gemacht [[werden]]), Verg. Aen. 3, 384. – II) übtr., 1) der [[Zeit]] [[nach]] in die [[Länge]] [[ziehen]], [[langsam]] [[betreiben]], [[verzögern]], bella, Sil.: [[iter]], Ambros.: fata [[Romana]] lentata, Treb. Poll. – 2) [[nachgiebig]] [[machen]], [[mildern]], [[Sidon]]. carm. 22, 191.
}}
{{esel
|sltx=[[βαρυσκελής]], [[βαρύς]], [[βραδύς]], [[δυσκίνητος]], [[δυσπόρευτος]], [[ἀνίημι]], [[ἀναβεβλημένος]], [[ἐθελήμων]]
}}
{{LaZh
|lnztxt=lento, as, are. :: 彎。漸軟之。— bellum 遲戰。
}}