laxus

Latin

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leg-s-ós (“weak, faint; to slacken”). Possibly cognate with Sanskrit लक्ष (lakṣa). See also langueō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈlak.sus/, [ˈɫ̪äks̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlak.sus/, [ˈläksus]

Adjective

laxus (feminine laxa, neuter laxum, comparative laxior, superlative laxissimus, adverb laxē); first/second-declension adjective

1. wide, spacious, roomy
2. yielding
3. loose, slack, free

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	laxus	laxa	laxum		laxī	laxae	laxa
Genitive	laxī	laxae	laxī		laxōrum	laxārum	laxōrum
Dative	laxō		laxō		laxīs
Accusative	laxum	laxam	laxum		laxōs	laxās	laxa
Ablative	laxō	laxā	laxō		laxīs
Vocative	laxe	laxa	laxum		laxī	laxae	laxa

Derived terms

• laxāmentum
• laxē
• laxitās
• laxō
• prōlixus

Descendants

• → Albanian: lafshë
• → Catalan: lax
• → Dutch: laks
• → English: lax, leash
• → French: lâche
• → Galician: laxo
• → German: lax
• → Italian: lasso
• → Portuguese: laxo, lasso
• → Romanian: lax
• → Spanish: laja, laxo
• → Welsh: llaes

Further reading

• “laxus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “laxus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• laxus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.