festina lentephr.n.

Brit.

/fɛˌstiːnə ˈlɛnti/,

/fɛˌstiːnɑː ˈlɛnteɪ/, U.S.

/fɛˌstinə ˈlɛnˌti/,

/fɛˌstinɑ ˈlɛnˌteɪ/

Forms: 1500s– festina lente, 1600s 1800s festina lentè, 1700s festina lenté.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin festina lente.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin festina lente (1508 in Erasmus) < classical Latin festīnā , imperative of festīnāre to hasten (see festinate v.) + lentē slowly (see lente n.), translating Hellenistic Greek σπεῦδε βραδέως (cited as a Greek proverb in Suetonius Augustus 25). O.E.D. Supplement (1972) gives the pronunciation as (fe·stina le·ntė) /ˈfɛstɪnə ˈlɛntɪ/.

Used to warn against over-hasty action: ‘Make haste slowly’. Also occasionally as n.: an approach characterized by efficient but careful progress. Cf. to make haste slowly at haste n. Phrases 2b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [phrase] > without haste > proverbs

festina lente1537

Rome was not built in a day1545

to make haste slowly1565

to hasten slowly1623

steady as she goes1971

1537 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour (new ed.) i. xxii. f. 81 The grekes in a prouerbe do expresse it proprely in two wordes [margin] σπευδε βραδαιος, whiche I can none otherwise interprete in englysh, but spede the slowly [margin] festina lente.

1549 J. Proctor Fal of Late Arrian sig. F.i Folowe the prouerbe: Festina lente: This hast spedeth best when al other hast maketh wast.

1590 T. Lodge Rosalynde f. 58 Festina Lente, especially in Loue.

1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (iii. 9) 1272 Festina lentè: which is the golden meane betweene those two extremes, of Sluggishnesse, and Precipitancy.

1766 D. Garrick Let. 20 Apr. (1963) II. 506 Why not look about a little before you leap..festina lenté—let me be of yr Council.

1864 R. Browning Dramatis Personæ (ed. 2) 167 He stops me—‘Festina lentè!’

1927 W. Cather Death comes for Archbishop i. iii. 38 There is enough to do here. Festina lente. I have made a resolve not to go more than three days' journey..for one year.

1932 J. A. Spender & C. Asquith Life of H. H. Asquith II. xxxvii. 101 The festina lente of his method, which sometimes laid him open to reproach.

2017 Scotsman (Nexis) 11 Nov. Anything that will make that process less traumatic is worth doing. But festina lente. Let's make sure there are no unexplored angles.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	festina lente
释义	festina lentephr.n. Brit. /fɛˌstiːnə ˈlɛnti/, /fɛˌstiːnɑː ˈlɛnteɪ/, U.S. /fɛˌstinə ˈlɛnˌti/, /fɛˌstinɑ ˈlɛnˌteɪ/ Forms: 1500s– festina lente, 1600s 1800s festina lentè, 1700s festina lenté. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin festina lente. Etymology: < post-classical Latin festina lente (1508 in Erasmus) < classical Latin festīnā , imperative of festīnāre to hasten (see festinate v.) + lentē slowly (see lente n.), translating Hellenistic Greek σπεῦδε βραδέως (cited as a Greek proverb in Suetonius Augustus 25). O.E.D. Supplement (1972) gives the pronunciation as (fe·stina le·ntė) /ˈfɛstɪnə ˈlɛntɪ/. Used to warn against over-hasty action: ‘Make haste slowly’. Also occasionally as n.: an approach characterized by efficient but careful progress. Cf. to make haste slowly at haste n. Phrases 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [phrase] > without haste > proverbs festina lente1537 Rome was not built in a day1545 to make haste slowly1565 to hasten slowly1623 steady as she goes1971 1537 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour (new ed.) i. xxii. f. 81 The grekes in a prouerbe do expresse it proprely in two wordes [margin] σπευδε βραδαιος, whiche I can none otherwise interprete in englysh, but spede the slowly [margin] festina lente. 1549 J. Proctor Fal of Late Arrian sig. F.i Folowe the prouerbe: Festina lente: This hast spedeth best when al other hast maketh wast. 1590 T. Lodge Rosalynde f. 58 Festina Lente, especially in Loue. 1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (iii. 9) 1272 Festina lentè: which is the golden meane betweene those two extremes, of Sluggishnesse, and Precipitancy. 1766 D. Garrick Let. 20 Apr. (1963) II. 506 Why not look about a little before you leap..festina lenté—let me be of yr Council. 1864 R. Browning Dramatis Personæ (ed. 2) 167 He stops me—‘Festina lentè!’ 1927 W. Cather Death comes for Archbishop i. iii. 38 There is enough to do here. Festina lente. I have made a resolve not to go more than three days' journey..for one year. 1932 J. A. Spender & C. Asquith Life of H. H. Asquith II. xxxvii. 101 The festina lente of his method, which sometimes laid him open to reproach. 2017 Scotsman (Nexis) 11 Nov. Anything that will make that process less traumatic is worth doing. But festina lente. Let's make sure there are no unexplored angles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < phr.n.1537
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