lentus
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *lentos. Confer Latin lēnis.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlen.tus/, [ˈɫɛn.tʊs]
Adjective
lentus (feminine lenta, neuter lentum); first/second declension
- sticky, tenacious
- slow, sluggish
- flexible, pliant
- indifferent, phlegmatic
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | lentus | lenta | lentum | lentī | lentae | lenta | |
| Genitive | lentī | lentae | lentī | lentōrum | lentārum | lentōrum | |
| Dative | lentō | lentō | lentīs | ||||
| Accusative | lentum | lentam | lentum | lentōs | lentās | lenta | |
| Ablative | lentō | lentā | lentō | lentīs | |||
| Vocative | lente | lenta | lentum | lentī | lentae | lenta | |
- comparative: lentior, superlative: lentissimus
Synonyms
- (slow): tardus
Related terms
- lentē
- lentēscō
- lentitūdō
- lentulus
Descendants
- Asturian: lentu, llentu
- Catalan: lent, llenta
- French: lent
- Friulian: lent
- Galician: lento
- Italian: lento
- Neapolitan: liento
- Occitan: lent
- Old Spanish: liento
- Romanian: lent
- Portuguese: lento
- Sicilian: lentu
- Spanish: lento
References
- lentus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lentus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lentus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette