tardus adj.
with comp. and sup, slow,
not swift, sluggish, tardy: velox an tardus sit: tardus aut fugiens
laboris, Cs.: iuvenci, V.: ubi reliquos esse tardiores vidit, Cs.: tardior ad
iudicandum: in decedendo tardior: tardiores tibicinis modi et cantūs
remissiores: fumus, V.: frumenti tarda
subvectio, L.: tarda Genua labant, V.: senectus, H.: passus, O.: abdomen, Iu.—Slow of approach, delaying, late:
noctes, V.: tardiora fata,
H.: eo poena est tardior.—Slow to pass,
lingering, long: tempora, H.: menses, i. e. the long summer months, V.: sapor,
i. e. lingering in the palate, V.—Fig., slow of apprehension, dull, heavy,
stupid: vah, tardus es, T.: si qui forte
sit tardior.—In speech, slow, not rapid, measured, deliberate:
in utroque genere dicendi principia tarda sunt: sententiis: illi
Tardo cognomen pingui damus, H.
