laxo
Dictionary entries
- Entry →laxo, laxare, laxavi, laxatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
loosen, slaken, relax, weaken; expand, open up, extend;
sg. pres. act. ind. 1st - Entry →laxus, laxa -um, laxior -or -us, laxissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
wide, spacious, ample, roomy; loose, not close packed; slack, not tight; lax;; unstrung; relaxed, at ease; unrestricted; breached/wide open; distant (time);
abl. sg. (m.)abl. sg. (n.)dat. sg. (m.)dat. sg. (n.)
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...fugit rupta cutis pallentiaque ossa retexit; iamque sinu laxo nudum sine corpore uolnus. membra natant sanie, surae fluxere..."Liber XIV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...mihi cantus erit. CLXIX Idem. Garrulus in laxo cur anulus orbe vagatur? Cedat ut argutis obvia turba trochis..."Liber I
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...amantque captos, et securior est in ore praeda, laxos cui dare peruiosque rictus gaudent et timidos tenere dentes..."Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...solida; quaedam defetigat et velut levia tela laxo sinu eludit, quaedam discutit et in eum usque qui miserat..."Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...effudit. [25,3] Per haec quid probo? In laxos specus (quid enim aliud appellem loca uacua?) sub terras..."FRAGMENTA
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...adstrictis qui regnat in ossibus, horror, Quam tepidus laxo manauit corpore sudor. Frag. XXXII. Sic, contra rerum naturae..."
Liber Sextus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...prior Oeclides et iam non tertius ibat Admetus, laxo cum denique ab orbe reductus aequoreus sonipes premit euaditque..."
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...arma dei, paruoque ostenditur aruo, robur ubi et laxos qua reclinauerit arcus ilice, qua cubiti sedeant uestigia terra..."
