noun

lentĭtūdo

gen. lentĭtūdĭnis · gender feminine · decl. 3rd

slowness, sluggishness, inactivity

slowness, sluggishness, inactivity.

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Lit.: conjuratorum, Tac. A. 15, 51; Vell. 2, 11, 2.—

dulness, apathy, insensibility figuratively •

Trop.: dulness, apathy, insensibility, Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 43: omnino non irasci est non solum gravitatis, sed nonnumquam etiam lentitudinis, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, § 38.—Of speech: libros ejusdem lentitudinis ac teporis, dulness, heaviness, Tac. Or. 21, 6.

Perseus ID: n26252 Key: lentitudo