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len⋅to

  [len-toh; It. len-taw] Music.
Use lento in a Sentence
–adjective
1. slow.
–adverb
2. slowly.
Origin:
1715–25; < It < L lentus slow
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len·to   (lěn'tō)   
adv.   & adj.
In a slow tempo. Used chiefly as a direction.
n.   pl. len·tos
A lento passage or movement.

[Italian, from Latin lentus, slow.]
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Word Origin & History

lento 
"slowly" (musical direction), 1724, from It. lento "slow," from L. lentus "flexible, pliant, slow, sluggish," cognate with Skt. lithi, O.E. liðe "soft, mild, gentle" (see lithe).
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