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laxus

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Latin

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leg-s-ós (“weak, faint; to slacken”). Possibly cognate with Sanskrit लक्ष (lakṣa). See also langueō.[1]

    Pronunciation

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    Adjective

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    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

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    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative laxus laxa laxum laxī laxae laxa
    genitive laxī laxae laxī laxōrum laxārum laxōrum
    dative laxō laxae laxō laxīs
    accusative laxum laxam laxum laxōs laxās laxa
    ablative laxō laxā laxō laxīs
    vocative laxe laxa laxum laxī laxae laxa

    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    • → Albanian: lafshë
    • → Catalan: lax
    • → Dutch: laks
    • → English: lax
    • → French: lâche
    • → Galician: laxo
    • → German: lax
    • → Italian: lasso
    • → Portuguese: laxo, lasso
    • → Proto-Brythonic: *llaɨs
    • → Romanian: lax
    • → Spanish: laxo

    References

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    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “laxus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 331-2

    Further reading

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    • “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.
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