lentulus
See also: Lentulus
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom lentus (“slow”) + -ulus (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈlen.tu.lus/, [ˈɫ̪ɛn̪t̪ʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlen.tu.lus/, [ˈlɛn̪t̪ulus]
Adjective
editlentulus (feminine lentula, neuter lentulum); first/second-declension adjective
- (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.
- 1913 translation by E. O. Winstedt
- 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.
Declension
editFirst/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
edit- (slow): tardus
References
edit- “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