slow Copy link Outline 1. tardus (in most applications of the Eng.)2. pĭger, gra, grum (naturally slow, sluggish)3. segnis (backward in doing anything, inactive, unenergetic)4. lentus (lingering, slack, lazy)5. lēnis, e (gentle and gradual in action) • slow: 1. tardus (in most applications of the Eng.): opp. to velox: Cic. Inv. 1, 24, 35: the s. ass, t. asellus, Virg. G. 1, 273: s. in doing (to do) anything, t. ad aliquid faciendum, Cic. Fig., s. in intelligence: Join: (sensus) hebetis et tardi: indocilis tardusque, Cic.: tardus et segnis, Quint. 2. pĭger, gra, grum (naturally slow, sluggish): the s. ox, bos p., Hor.: v. sluggish. 3. segnis (backward in doing anything, inactive, unenergetic): v. sluggish, slothful: a s. blockade, s. obsidio, Liv. 30, 10: s. to do anything, s. ad aliquid (faciendum), Cic. 4. lentus (lingering, slack, lazy): a s. (tedious) business, l. negotium, Cic. Att. 1, 12: a herb s. in cooking, herba in coquendo l., Plin. 24, 16, 92: to cook by a s. fire, l. igne coquere, id. 16, 11, 22: a s. poison, l. venenum (R. and A.). 5. lēnis, e (gentle and gradual in action): s. poisons, l. venena, Cic. Att. 2, 21, 1 v. gentle. See also sluggish, dull, stupid.