relaxo

Catalan

Verb

relaxo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of relaxar

Latin

Etymology

From re- (back; again) +‎ laxō (extend; loosen; relieve; relax), from laxus (loose, open).

Pronunciation

Verb

relaxō (present infinitive relaxāre, perfect active relaxāvī, supine relaxātum); first conjugation

  1. to stretch out or widen again; unloose, loosen, open; slacken; abate
  2. (figuratively) to slacken, ease, alleviate, mitigate; cheer up, enliven, relax

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • collaxō
  • dīlaxō
  • laxō
  • perlaxō

Descendants

  • Catalan: relleixar, relaxar
  • Italian: rilassare, rilasciare
  • Old French: relaxer
  • Portuguese: releixar, relaxar
  • Romanian: relaxa
  • Spanish: relajar

References

  • relaxo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • relaxo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • relaxo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to recruit oneself, seek relaxation: animum relaxare, reficere, recreare or simply se reficere, se recreare, refici, recreari (ex aliqua re)
    • the pain grows less: dolores remittunt, relaxant

Portuguese

Verb

relaxo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of relaxar