laxamentum

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Latin

Etymology

From laxō.

Pronunciation

Noun

laxāmentum n (genitive laxāmentī); second declension

  1. relaxation, respite, alleviation
    Synonym: pāx
  2. laxity, indulgence
    Synonym: indulgentia

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative laxāmentum laxāmenta
Genitive laxāmentī laxāmentōrum
Dative laxāmentō laxāmentīs
Accusative laxāmentum laxāmenta
Ablative laxāmentō laxāmentīs
Vocative laxāmentum laxāmenta

References

  • laxamentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • laxamentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • laxamentum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • laxamentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.