laxo

See also: laxó

Catalan

Verb

laxo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of laxar

Latin

Etymology

From laxus (loose, open) +‎ .

Pronunciation

Verb

laxō (present infinitive laxāre, perfect active laxāvī, supine laxātum); first conjugation

  1. to extend, expand
  2. to open, make wide
  3. to undo, release
  4. (figuratively) to lighten, relieve, free
  5. to relax, moderate, weaken
  6. to lessen, abate

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • laxo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • laxo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • laxo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the price of corn is going down: annona laxatur, levatur, vilior fit
    • (ambiguous) to fight in open order: laxatis (opp. confertis) ordinibus pugnare

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaɡso/ [ˈlaɣ̞.so]
  • Rhymes: -aɡso
  • Syllabification: la‧xo

Etymology 1

From Latin laxus.

Adjective

laxo (feminine laxa, masculine plural laxos, feminine plural laxas)

  1. (formal) lax

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

laxo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of laxar

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