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(adj.adv.) : laxus, a, um, adj.cf. languidus, languor, lactes
* Wide, loose, open; spacious, roomy; opp. adstrictus (not freq. till after the Aug. per.).
* Lit.: laxius agmen, Sall. ap. Non. 235, 16: casses,Verg. G. 4, 247: circli,id. ib. 3, 166: sinus,Tib. 1, 6, 18: toga,id. 1, 6, 40; 2, 3, 78; cf.: in pede calceus haeret,wide, loose,Hor. S. 1, 3, 32: nuces Ferre sinu laxo,id. ib. 2, 3, 171: qua satis laxo spatio equi permitti possent,Liv. 10, 5; so, spatium,wide, roomy,Sen. Ep. 88 med.; cf.: laxior domus,Vell. 2, 81: janua,open,Ov. Am. 1, 8, 77: compages,Verg. A. 1, 122: mulier,Mart. 11, 21: habenae,Cic. Lael. 13 (v. under II.); Verg. A. 1, 63: frena,Ov. Am. 3, 4, 16; cf.: qui jam contento, jam laxo fune laborat,Hor. S. 2, 7, 20: arcus,slackened, unbent, unstrung,Verg. A. 11, 874: laxo meditantur arcu cedere campis,Hor. C. 3, 8, 23: opes,large, great,Mart. 2, 30, 4.
* Trop.: laxissimas habenas habere amicitiae,very wide, loose,Cic. Lael. 13, 45: si bellum cum eo hoste haberemus, in quo neglegentiae laxior locus esset, greater latitude or scope, Liv. 24, 8; cf.: laxius imperium,less strict, more indulgent,Sall. J. 64: annona,i. e. reduced, cheap,Liv. 2, 52: caput,relaxed, disordered from drinking,Pers. 3, 58: vox,pronounced broad,Gell. 13, 20, 12: laxioribus verbis dicere aliquid,prolix, diffuse,id. 16, 1, 3.—Of time: diem statuo satis laxam,sufficiently distant,Cic. Att. 6, 1, 16: tempus sibi et quidem laxius postulavit,Plin. Ep. 4, 9 med.—Hence, adv.: laxē, widely, spaciously, loosely.
* Lit.: vis sideris laxe grassantis,Plin. 2, 97, 99, § 217: distans,id. 13, 4, 7, § 33: aurum laxius dilatatur,id. 33, 3, 19, § 61: Mercurii stella laxissime vagatur,id. 2, 16, 13, § 66: medio suspendit vincula ponto, Et laxe fluitare sinit,loosely, freely,Luc. 4, 450: manus vincire,loosely,Liv. 9, 10, 7.
* Trop.: laxius proferre diem,to put farther off,Cic. Att. 13, 14, 1; cf.: volo laxius (sc. rem curari),id. ib. 15, 20, 4: de munere pastorum alii angustius, alii laxius constituere solent,a greater number, more,Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 10: in hostico laxius rapto suetis vivere artiores in pace res erant,more unrestrictedly, more freely,Liv. 28, 24, 6: Romanos remoto metu laxius licentiusque futuros,be more relaxed in discipline, more negligent, disorderly,Sall. J. 85.
* Wide, loose, open; spacious, roomy; opp. adstrictus (not freq. till after the Aug. per.).
* Lit.: laxius agmen, Sall. ap. Non. 235, 16: casses,Verg. G. 4, 247: circli,id. ib. 3, 166: sinus,Tib. 1, 6, 18: toga,id. 1, 6, 40; 2, 3, 78; cf.: in pede calceus haeret,wide, loose,Hor. S. 1, 3, 32: nuces Ferre sinu laxo,id. ib. 2, 3, 171: qua satis laxo spatio equi permitti possent,Liv. 10, 5; so, spatium,wide, roomy,Sen. Ep. 88 med.; cf.: laxior domus,Vell. 2, 81: janua,open,Ov. Am. 1, 8, 77: compages,Verg. A. 1, 122: mulier,Mart. 11, 21: habenae,Cic. Lael. 13 (v. under II.); Verg. A. 1, 63: frena,Ov. Am. 3, 4, 16; cf.: qui jam contento, jam laxo fune laborat,Hor. S. 2, 7, 20: arcus,slackened, unbent, unstrung,Verg. A. 11, 874: laxo meditantur arcu cedere campis,Hor. C. 3, 8, 23: opes,large, great,Mart. 2, 30, 4.
* Trop.: laxissimas habenas habere amicitiae,very wide, loose,Cic. Lael. 13, 45: si bellum cum eo hoste haberemus, in quo neglegentiae laxior locus esset, greater latitude or scope, Liv. 24, 8; cf.: laxius imperium,less strict, more indulgent,Sall. J. 64: annona,i. e. reduced, cheap,Liv. 2, 52: caput,relaxed, disordered from drinking,Pers. 3, 58: vox,pronounced broad,Gell. 13, 20, 12: laxioribus verbis dicere aliquid,prolix, diffuse,id. 16, 1, 3.—Of time: diem statuo satis laxam,sufficiently distant,Cic. Att. 6, 1, 16: tempus sibi et quidem laxius postulavit,Plin. Ep. 4, 9 med.—Hence, adv.: laxē, widely, spaciously, loosely.
* Lit.: vis sideris laxe grassantis,Plin. 2, 97, 99, § 217: distans,id. 13, 4, 7, § 33: aurum laxius dilatatur,id. 33, 3, 19, § 61: Mercurii stella laxissime vagatur,id. 2, 16, 13, § 66: medio suspendit vincula ponto, Et laxe fluitare sinit,loosely, freely,Luc. 4, 450: manus vincire,loosely,Liv. 9, 10, 7.
* Trop.: laxius proferre diem,to put farther off,Cic. Att. 13, 14, 1; cf.: volo laxius (sc. rem curari),id. ib. 15, 20, 4: de munere pastorum alii angustius, alii laxius constituere solent,a greater number, more,Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 10: in hostico laxius rapto suetis vivere artiores in pace res erant,more unrestrictedly, more freely,Liv. 28, 24, 6: Romanos remoto metu laxius licentiusque futuros,be more relaxed in discipline, more negligent, disorderly,Sall. J. 85.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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