adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
laxus
laxus (feminine laxa, neuter laxum, comparative laxior, superlative laxissimus, adverb laxē)
Classical[ˈɫak.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈlak.sus]
Meaning
- adjectivewide, spacious, roomy
- adjectiveyielding
- adjectiveloose, slack, free
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | laxus | laxa | laxum |
| genitive | laxī | laxae | laxī |
| dative | laxō | laxae | laxō |
| accusative | laxum | laxam | laxum |
| ablative | laxō | laxā | laxō |
| vocative | laxe | laxa | laxum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | laxī | laxae | laxa |
| genitive | laxōrum | laxārum | laxōrum |
| dative | laxīs | laxīs | laxīs |
| accusative | laxōs | laxās | laxa |
| ablative | laxīs | laxīs | laxīs |
| vocative | laxī | laxae | laxa |
laxus, a, um, adj. cf. languidus, languor, lactes,
I. wide, loose, open; spacious, roomy; opp. adstrictus (not freq. till after the Aug. per.).
I. Lit.: laxius agmen, Sall. ap. Non. 235, 16:
casses, Verg. G. 4, 247: circli, id. ib. 3, 166: sinus, Tib. 1, 6, 18: toga, id. 1, 6, 40; 2, 3, 78; cf.: in pede calceus haeret, wide, loose, Hor. S. 1, 3, 32: nuces Ferre sinu laxo, id. ib. 2, 3, 171: qua satis laxo spatio equi permitti possent, Liv. 10, 5; so, spatium, wide, roomy, Sen. Ep. 88 med.; cf.: laxior domus, Vell. 2, 81: janua, open, Ov. Am. 1, 8, 77: compages, Verg. A. 1, 122: mulier, Mart. 11, 21: habenae, Cic. Lael. 13 (v. under II.); Verg. A. 1, 63: frena, Ov. Am. 3, 4, 16; cf.: qui jam contento, jam laxo fune laborat, Hor. S. 2, 7, 20: arcus, slackened, unbent, unstrung, Verg. A. 11, 874: laxo meditantur arcu cedere campis, Hor. C. 3, 8, 23: opes, large, great, Mart. 2, 30, 4.—II. Trop.:
laxissimas habenas habere amicitiae, very wide, loose, Cic. Lael. 13, 45: si bellum cum eo hoste haberemus, in quo neglegentiae laxior locus esset, greater latitude or scope, Liv. 24, 8; cf.: laxius imperium, less strict, more indulgent, Sall. J. 64: annona, i. e. reduced, cheap, Liv. 2, 52: caput, relaxed, disordered from drinking, Pers. 3, 58: vox, pronounced broad, Gell. 13, 20, 12: laxioribus verbis dicere aliquid, prolix, diffuse, id. 16, 1, 3.—Of time: diem statuo satis laxam, sufficiently distant, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 16: tempus sibi et quidem laxius postulavit, Plin. Ep. 4, 9 med.—Hence, adv.: laxē, widely, spaciously, loosely. 1. Lit.:
vis sideris laxe grassantis, Plin. 2, 97, 99, § 217: distans, id. 13, 4, 7, § 33: aurum laxius dilatatur, id. 33, 3, 19, § 61: Mercurii stella laxissime vagatur, id. 2, 16, 13, § 66: medio suspendit vincula ponto, Et laxe fluitare sinit, loosely, freely, Luc. 4, 450: manus vincire, loosely, Liv. 9, 10, 7.—2. Trop.:
laxius proferre diem, to put farther off, Cic. Att. 13, 14, 1; cf.: volo laxius (sc. rem curari), id. ib. 15, 20, 4: de munere pastorum alii angustius, alii laxius constituere solent, a greater number, more, Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 10: in hostico laxius rapto suetis vivere artiores in pace res erant, more unrestrictedly, more freely, Liv. 28, 24, 6: Romanos remoto metu laxius licentiusque futuros, be more relaxed in discipline, more negligent, disorderly, Sall. J. 85.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
laxus adj. with comp. and sup.
LAG-, wide, loose, open, spacious, roomy : casses, V.: In pede calceus, H.: spatium, L.: conpages, yielding , V.: arcus, unbent , V.: laxo arcu Cedere campis, H.— Fig., loose, free, wide : laxissimas habenas habere amicitiae: hostis, in quo neglegentiae laxior locus esset, greater latitude , L.: laxius imperium, more indulgent , S.: laxior annona, i. e. low-priced , L.: diem statuo satis laxam, sufficiently distant .
Origins
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leg-s-ós (“weak, faint; to slacken”). Possibly cognate with Sanskrit लक्ष (lakṣa). See also langueō.
Descendants
- Catalanlax
- Englishlax
- Frenchlâche
- Germanlax
- Italianlasso
- Portugueselaxo
- Portugueselasso
- Romanianlax
- Spanishlaxo
- Albanianlafshë