lentulus

See also: Lentulus

Latin

Etymology

From lentus (“slow”) +‎ -ulus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈlen.tu.lus/, [ˈɫ̪ɛn̪t̪ʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlen.tu.lus/, [ˈlɛn̪t̪ulus]

Adjective

lentulus (feminine lentula, neuter lentulum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (rare): Diminutive of lentus (“slow”)
   • 68 BCE – 44 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum 10.11.2:

     Vides enim profecto angustias. Curari tamen ea tibi utique iubet. An existimas illum in isto genere lentulum aut restrictum? Nemo est minus. De fratre satis.

     • 1913 translation by E. O. Winstedt

       For of course you see his straits. However he has ordered the sum to be paid to your account. Perhaps you suppose that he is slow or close-fisted in money matters. No one is less so. But enough about my brother.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	lentulus	lentula	lentulum		lentulī	lentulae	lentula
Genitive	lentulī	lentulae	lentulī		lentulōrum	lentulārum	lentulōrum
Dative	lentulō		lentulō		lentulīs
Accusative	lentulum	lentulam	lentulum		lentulōs	lentulās	lentula
Ablative	lentulō	lentulā	lentulō		lentulīs
Vocative	lentule	lentula	lentulum		lentulī	lentulae	lentula

Synonyms

• (slow): tardus

References

• “lentulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “lentulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lentulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “lentulus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “lentulus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray