Adagio

·noun A piece of music in adagio time; a slow movement; as, an adagio of Haydn.

II. Adagio ·adj & ·adv Slow; slowly, leisurely, and gracefully. When repeated, adagio, adagio, it directs the movement to be very slow.

adagio
ădăgĭo, ōnis, f., a rare form for adagium: “adagione : proverbio,” Gloss. Placid., Mai; Auct. ap. V...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.