laxo
See also: laxó
Catalan edit
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laxo
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From laxus (“loose, open”) + -ō.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlak.soː/, [ˈɫ̪äks̠oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlak.so/, [ˈläkso]
Verb edit
laxō (present infinitive laxāre, perfect active laxāvī, supine laxātum); first conjugation
- to extend, expand
- to open, make wide
- to undo, release
- (figuratively) to lighten, relieve, free
- to relax, moderate, weaken
- to lessen, abate
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Descendants edit
- → Albanian: lëshoj
- Aragonese: deixar
- Aromanian: alas, las, alãsari, lãsari
- Corsican: lascià
- Friulian: lassâ
- Istriot: lassà
- Italian: lasciare, lassare
- Ladin: lascer
- Ligurian: lasciâ
- Lombard: lassà
- Neapolitan: lassare
- Old French: lessier, laissier, laschier
- Occitano-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Piedmontese: lassé
- Romanian: lăsa, lăsare
- Romansch: laschar, lascher, schar
- Sardinian: lassai, lassare, dassare
- Sicilian: lassari, dassari
- Venetian: lasar
- Borrowings:
References edit
- “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
- the price of corn is going down: annona laxatur, levatur, vilior fit
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Etymology 1 edit
Adjective edit
laxo (feminine laxa, masculine plural laxos, feminine plural laxas)
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
laxo
Further reading edit
- “laxo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014