laxus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

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

Descendants

  • → Albanian: lafshë
  • → Catalan: lax
  • → Dutch: laks
  • → English: lax, leash
  • → French: lâche
  • → Galician: laxo
  • → German: lax
  • → Italian: lasso
  • → Portuguese: laxo, lasso
  • → Romanian: lax
  • → Spanish: laja, laxo
  • → Welsh: llaes

References

  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

  • “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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