English → Latin
“relaxed” in Latin
laxuswide, spacious, roomy; yielding; loose, slack, freeremittōto send back, to remit, to throw back, restore; to forgive, free one from any thing; to give up, reject, yield, resign, flaccidusFlaccid, flabby, pendulous.; Languid, feeble, weak.langueōto be faint, weak; to be inactive, listless, idlelanguidusfaint, weak; dull, languid; sluggish, slowartusnarrow; close; fitted; confined; dense; severe; strict; scanty; briefcontineōto hold, keep, connect, contain, maintain; to hold or keep together/close; connect, surround; to keep in, enclose, bound
The English word relaxed itself goes back to Latin laxus, through relaxātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
relaxed
laxus (opposed to astrictus, artus): remissus (opposed to adductus, contentus): flaccidus (opposed to rigidus): languens, languidus (languid).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for relaxed?
- The usual Latin words for “relaxed” are laxus, remittō, flaccidus; also langueō, languidus, artus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.