adverb
lentē
lentē (comparative lentius, superlative lentissimē)
Classical[ˈɫɛn.teː]Ecclesiastical[ˈlɛn.te]
Meaning
- slowly
Marcus ad arborem lentē ambulat.
Marcus walks slowly to the tree.
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
lentē, adv., v. lentus
I. fin.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
lentē adv. with comp.
lentus, slowly, without haste, leisurely : procedere, Cs.: corpora augescunt, Ta.: ipse lentius subsequitur, Cs.—Fig., calmly, dispassionately, indifferently : id ferre: haec cum lentius disputantur: eum (librum) probare, deliberately .
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*lent-
- Proto-Italic*lentos
- Latinlentē
Proto-Italic *-ēd Old Latin -ēd Latin -ē Latin lentē From lentus (“slow”) + -ē.