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Latin
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leg-s-ós. Possibly a cognate with Sanskrit लक्ष (lakṣa). See langueō.
Pronunciation
Adjective
laxus (feminine laxa, neuter laxum, comparative laxior, superlative laxissimus, adverb laxē); first/second-declension adjective
- wide, spacious, roomy
- yielding
- loose, slack, free
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “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.
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN