LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation

relaxō

relaxō (present infinitive relaxāre, perfect active relaxāvī, supine relaxātum)
Classical[rɛˈɫak.soː]Ecclesiastical[reˈlak.so]

Meaning

  1. to stretch out or widen again; unloose, loosen, open; slacken; abate
  2. figurativelyto slacken, ease, alleviate, mitigate; cheer up, enliven, relax
    propter molestissimās occupātiōnēs meās, quibus sī mē relaxārō (nam ut plānē exsolvam nōn postulō), tē ipsum, quī multōs annōs nihil aliud commentāris, docēbō profectō quid sit hūmāniter vīvere.Due to my most troublesome duties which if I slacken (for to be loose of them entirely is more than I can ask), then, no question about it, I shall teach you the art of civilized living, to which you have been giving your undivided attention for years!62 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad familiares

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.relaxōrelaxābamrelaxābōrelaxāvīrelaxāveramrelaxāverō
relaxārō
2nd sg.relaxāsrelaxābāsrelaxābisrelaxāvistī
relaxāstī		relaxāverās
relaxārās		relaxāveris
3rd sg.relaxatrelaxābatrelaxābitrelaxāvitrelaxāverat
relaxārat		relaxāverit
relaxārit
1st pl.relaxāmusrelaxābāmusrelaxābimusrelaxāvimusrelaxāverāmusrelaxāverimus
relaxārimus
2nd pl.relaxātisrelaxābātisrelaxābitisrelaxāvistis
relaxāstis		relaxāverātis
relaxārātis		relaxāveritis
relaxāritis
3rd pl.relaxantrelaxābantrelaxābuntrelaxāvērunt
relaxāvēre, relaxārunt		relaxāverant
relaxārant		relaxāverint
relaxārint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.relaxemrelaxāremrelaxāverim
relaxārim		relaxāvissem
relaxāssem
2nd sg.relaxēsrelaxārēsrelaxāverīsrelaxāvissēs
relaxāssēs
3rd sg.relaxetrelaxāretrelaxāverit
relaxārit		relaxāvisset
relaxāsset
1st pl.relaxēmusrelaxārēmusrelaxāverīmus
relaxārīmus		relaxāvissēmus
relaxāssēmus
2nd pl.relaxētisrelaxārētisrelaxāverītis
relaxārītis		relaxāvissētis
relaxāssētis
3rd pl.relaxentrelaxārentrelaxāverint
relaxārint		relaxāvissent
relaxāssent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.relaxorrelaxābarrelaxābor
2nd sg.relaxāris
relaxāre		relaxābāris
relaxābāre		relaxāberis
relaxābere
3rd sg.relaxāturrelaxābāturrelaxābitur
1st pl.relaxāmurrelaxābāmurrelaxābimur
2nd pl.relaxāminīrelaxābāminīrelaxābiminī
3rd pl.relaxanturrelaxābanturrelaxābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.relaxerrelaxārer
2nd sg.relaxēris
relaxēre		relaxārēris
relaxārēre
3rd sg.relaxēturrelaxārētur
1st pl.relaxēmurrelaxārēmur
2nd pl.relaxēminīrelaxārēminī
3rd pl.relaxenturrelaxārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.relaxārelaxāre
pres. 2nd pl.relaxāterelaxāminī
fut. 2nd sg.relaxātōrelaxātor
fut. 3rd sg.relaxātōrelaxātor
fut. 2nd pl.relaxātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.relaxantōrelaxantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiverelaxārerelaxārī
perfect infinitiverelaxāvisse
relaxāsse		relaxātum esse
future infinitiverelaxātūrum esserelaxātum īrī
present participlerelaxāns—
perfect participle—relaxātus
relaxāta, relaxātā, relaxātae, relaxātam, relaxātārum, relaxātās, relaxātī, relaxātōrum, relaxātōs
future participlerelaxātūrus
relaxātūra, relaxātūrā, relaxātūrae, relaxātūram, relaxātūrārum, relaxātūrās, relaxātūre, relaxātūrī, relaxātūrīs, relaxātūrō, relaxātūrōrum, relaxātūrōs, relaxātūrum		relaxandus
relaxanda, relaxandā, relaxandae, relaxandam, relaxandārum, relaxandās, relaxande, relaxandīs, relaxandōrum, relaxandōs
gerundrelaxandī, relaxandō, relaxandumsupinerelaxātum, relaxātū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

dolores remittunt, relaxant
the pain grows less.
animum relaxare, reficere, recreare or simply se reficere, se recreare, refici, recreari (ex aliqua re)
to recruit oneself, seek relaxation.

rĕ-laxo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
I. to stretch out or widen again; to unloose, loosen, open (class.; cf.: solvo, libero).
I. Lit.: alvus tum astringitur, tum relaxatur, Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136; cf.: tum astringentibus se intestinis tum relaxantibus, id. ib. 2, 55, 138: densa relaxare (opp. rara densare), Verg. G. 1, 419: dissolvunt nodos omnes et vincla relaxant, Lucr. 6, 356: tunicarum vincula, Ov. F. 2, 321; cf. nodos (sc. aquaï), Lucr. 6, 878 (with exsolvere glaciem); cf.: fontibus ora, Ov. M. 1, 281: caecos fontes, Sil. 3, 51: glaebas, to loosen, Varr. R. R. 1, 27, 2: humum, Col. 11, 3, 46 Schneid. N. cr.; Pall. 2, 13, 3: vias et caeca Spiramenta, Verg. G. 1, 89: claustra, Ov. Am. 1, 6, 17; cf. flores, Sen. Thyest. 903: diversa bracchia, to spread out, Sil. 14, 399: arcum, to unbend, Sen. Agam. 322: ut, quae (aedificia) sunt vetustate sublapsa, relaxentur in melius, restored, Plin. Ep. 10, 70 (75), 1 Keil (al. reparentur).—
II. Trop., to slacken, ease, lighten, alleviate, mitigate, soften, assuage; to cheer up, enliven, relax (a favorite word of Cic.; cf.: relevo, recreo, mitigo): animos doctrinā, Cic. Arch. 6, 12; cf.: tu a contentionibus cottidie relaxes aliquid, id. Leg. 1, 4, 11: quaero enim non quibus intendam rebus animam, sed quibus relaxem, ac remittam, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 329, 7, and 383, 23: constructio verborum tum conjunctionibus copuletur, tum dissolutionibus relaxetur, id. Part. 6, 21: pater nimis indulgens, quicquid ego astrinxi, relaxat, id. Att. 10, 6, 2: animus somno relaxatus, id. Div. 2, 48, 100: animum, id. Brut. 5, 21; id. Rep. 1, 9, 14; cf.: relaxare animos et dare se jucunditati, id. Off. 1, 34, 122: ut ex pristino sermone relaxarentur animi omnium, id. de Or. 1, 8, 29: anxiferas curas requiete, id. poët. Div. 1, 13, 22: (risus) tristitiam ac severitatem mitigat et relaxat, id. de Or. 2, 58, 236; cf.: tristem vultum relaxare, Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 15; and, with this, cf.: relaxato in hilaritatem vultu, Petr. 49, 8: ne nocturna quidem quiete diurnum laborem relaxante, Curt. 5, 13, 5: mores aetas lasciva relaxat, i. e. makes dissolute, Claud. Prob. et Olybr. 153: (animi) cum se plane corporis vinculis relaxaverint, Cic. Sen. 22, 81; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 330: se occupationibus, Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 5; id. Att. 16, 16, 2: se a nimiā necessitate, id. Or. 52, 176. — Mid.: homines quamvis in turbidis rebus sint, tamen interdum animis relaxantur, Cic. Phil. 2, 16, 39: insani cum relaxentur, when they come to themselves, when the attack abates, id. Ac. 2, 17, 52.— Absol.: (dolor) si longus, levis; dat enim intervalla et relaxat, Cic. Fin. 2, 29, 94.

Origins

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinrelaxō

Proto-Indo-European *(s)leg- Proto-Indo-European *(s)leg-s-ós Latin laxus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin laxō Latin relaxō From re- (“back; again”) + laxō (“to extend; loosen; relieve; relax”).

Borrowings
  • Catalanrelaxar
  • Portugueserelaxar
  • Spanishrelajar
  • Old Frenchrelaxer
Italo-Romance
  • Italianrilassare
  • Italianrilasciare
Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanrelleixar
Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguesereleixar
  • Galicianreleixar

In English words that came into English from relaxō

  • relaxrelaxāre
  • relishrelaxāre
  • relaxationrelaxatio
  • relaxedrelaxātus

Quick answers

What does relaxō mean in Latin?
relaxō, a verb, means “to stretch out or widen again; unloose, loosen, open; slacken”.
What are the principal parts of relaxō?
relaxō, relaxāre, relaxāvī, relaxātum (first conjugation).
How do you pronounce relaxō?
In classical Latin, [rɛˈɫak.soː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [reˈlak.so].
Where does relaxō come from?
Proto-Italic *wre- → Latin relaxō.
Which English words come from relaxō?
English words that go back to Latin relaxō include relax, relish, relaxed and relaxation.