laxaverat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →laxo, laxare, laxavi, laxatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
loosen, slaken, relax, weaken; expand, open up, extend;
sg. pluperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...foramen valvae, quod paulo ante ansa ostioli rupta laxaverat, favebamque ego vapulanti. Giton autem non oblitus misericordiae suae..."Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...cunctantique natantia lumina solvit. vix primos inopina quies laxaverat artus, et super incumbens cum puppis parte revulsa cumque..."