laxus
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *slǵ-so (“weak, faint”). See langueō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlak.sus/, [ˈɫ̪äks̠ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlak.sus/, [ˈläksus]
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.
| 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
- → Dutch: laks
- → English: lax, leash
- → French: lâche
- → German: lax
- → Italian: lasso
- → Portuguese: laxo, 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 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