laxus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *slǵ-so (“weak, faint”). See langueo.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈlak.sus/

Adjective

laxus (feminine laxa, neuter laxum); first/second declension

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

Inflection

First/second declension.

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

• comparative: laxior, superlative: laxissimus

Derived terms

• laxāmentum
• laxē
• laxitās
• laxō

Descendants

• Albanian: lafshë
• English: lax
• French: lâche
• German: lax

• Italian: lasso
• Romanian: lax
• Spanish: laja, laxo
• Welsh: llaes

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 Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill