Lentulus

See also: lentulus

Latin

Etymology

From lentulus (“rather slow”).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Lentulus m sg (genitive Lentulī); second declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Gaetulicus, a Roman politician

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Lentulus
Genitive	Lentulī
Dative	Lentulō
Accusative	Lentulum
Ablative	Lentulō
Vocative	Lentule

Derived terms

• Lentulitās

References

• “Lentulus2”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Lentulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.