verb transitive

lento

2nd PP lentāre · 3rd PP lentāvi · 4th PP lentātum · conj. 1st

to make flexible, to bend poetic

to make flexible, to bend (poet. and in postclass. prose).

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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.—

to bend; ply by extension •

Transf., to bend, i. e. ply the oar: Trinacriā lentandus remus in undā, Verg. A. 3, 384: remos, Sen. Agm. 437.—

figuratively

to draw out, prolong, lengthen, protract •

Of time, to draw out, prolong, lengthen, protract: lentare fervida bella, Sil. 8, 11: fata Romana lentata, Treb. Claud. 6.—

To moderate •

To moderate: lentatus vapor, Sid. Carm. 22, 191.

Perseus ID: n26253 Key: lento1