lento, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [lentĭtĭes], to make flexible, to bend (poet. and in postclass. prose).
I Lit.: arcus lentare et fundere glandes, i. e. to draw a bow , Stat. Ach. 1, 436; so, arcus, id. Th. 1, 703: Gortynia cornua, id. ib. 3, 587.—
B Transf., to bend , i. e. ply the oar: Trinacriā lentandus remus in undā, Verg. A. 3, 384: remos, Sen. Agm. 437.—
II Trop.
A Of time, to draw out, prolong, lengthen, protract : lentare fervida bella, Sil. 8, 11: fata Romana lentata, Treb. Claud. 6.—
B To moderate : lentatus vapor, Sid. Carm. 22, 191.