lentesco — Lewis & Short
lentesco, ĕre,
I v. inch. n. [lentus], to become viscous or sticky; to become pliant, soft (perh. not ante-Aug.).
I Lit.:
salix, si minus lenta est, in stercore obruenda, ut lentescat,Col. 11, 2, 92:
sed picis in morem ad digitos lentescit habendo,becomes viscous, adheres, Verg. G. 2, 250:
ut in picem resinamve lentescit,Tac. G. 45:
gemma cerae modo lentescit,Plin. 37, 10, 70, § 185:
metallum in virgulas lentescens,Hier. Ep. 24, n. 3.—
II Trop., to slacken, relax:
lentescunt tempore curae,Ov. A. A. 2, 357. —Of persons:
non torpenti lentescit affectu,Ambros. in Luc. 8, 1.