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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>laxus</b>: a, um, adj. cf. [[languidus]], [[languor]], [[lactes]],<br /><b>I</b> [[wide]], [[loose]], [[open]]; [[spacious]], [[roomy]]; opp. adstrictus (not freq. [[till]] [[after]] the Aug. per.).<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br /><b>II</b> 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]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>laxus</b>,¹⁰ a, um,<br /><b>1</b> [[large]], spacieux, [[vaste]], étendu : Virg. G. 4, 247 ; 3, 166 ; Liv. 10, 5, 6 ; [fig.] Liv. 24, 8, 1 ; [[laxus]] [[calceus]] Hor. S. 1, 3, 31, une chaussure [[large]] &#124;&#124; [en parl. du temps] : [[dies]] [[satis]] laxa Cic. Att. 6, 1, 11, délai assez étendu, cf. Plin. Min. Ep. 4, 9, 14<br /><b>2</b> détendu, desserré, lâche : laxissimæ habenæ Cic. Læl. 45, rênes très lâches, flottantes, cf. Hor. S. 2, 7, 20 ; Virg. En. 11, 874 &#124;&#124; [fig.] laxius [[imperium]] Sall. J. 64, 5, un commandement moins sévère, une discipline moins [[stricte]] ; laxior [[annona]] Liv. 2, 52, 1, cours (prix) du blé (se relâchant) [[plus]] faible.||[en parl. du temps] : [[dies]] [[satis]] laxa Cic. Att. 6, 1, 11, délai assez étendu, cf. Plin. Min. Ep. 4, 9, 14<br /><b>2</b> détendu, desserré, lâche : laxissimæ habenæ Cic. Læl. 45, rênes très lâches, flottantes, cf. Hor. S. 2, 7, 20 ; Virg. En. 11, 874||[fig.] laxius [[imperium]] Sall. J. 64, 5, un commandement moins sévère, une discipline moins [[stricte]] ; laxior [[annona]] Liv. 2, 52, 1, cours (prix) du blé (se relâchant) [[plus]] faible.
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{{Georges
|georg=laxus, a, um ([[verwandt]] [[mit]] langeo), I) [[schlaff]], [[nicht]] [[straff]] angezogen, gelockert, [[locker]], [[schlapp]] (Ggstz. [[astrictus]], [[artus]]), 1) eig.: [[arcus]], Verg.: [[funis]], Vitr. u. (Ggstz. [[contentus]]) Hor.: frena, Ov.: habenae, Verg. u. Sen. poët. (vgl. im Bilde laxissimas habenas habere amicitiae, Cic.): [[catena]] (Ggstz. [[catena]] arta), Sen.: [[toga]], Tibull. (u. so laxior [[usque]] in [[pedes]] demittitur [[toga]], Sen. rhet): [[tunica]], Ov.: [[male]] [[laxus]] in pede [[calceus]] haeret, zu [[schlotterig]] sitzt am Fuße der [[Schuh]], Hor.: u. so ne [[vagus]] in laxa [[pes]] [[tibi]] pelle ([[Schuh]]) natet (schlottere), Ov.: si [[pes]] laxā pelle [[non]] folleat (schlottere), [[Hieron]].: [[compages]] (Fugen) laterum, Verg.: tua [[ianua]] laxa (sit) ferenti, [[offen]] [[für]] den V., Ov. – 2) übtr.: a) im allg.: laxior [[vocis]] [[sonus]], zu [[breit]], Gell. 13, 20, 12: [[caput]] laxum compage solutā, das vom Rausche wüste [[Haupt]], Pers. 3, 58. – b) insbes. [[schlaff]], zwanglos, [[annona]] laxior, wohlfeilerer [[Getreidepreis]], verminderte [[Teuerung]], Liv.: milites laxiore imperio habere, Sall. – II) [[weit]], [[geräumig]] (Ggstz. [[artus]], [[angustus]]), 1) eig.: [[anulus]], Ov.: [[casses]], Verg.: [[venter]], Sen. rhet.: [[rus]], Sen. rhet.: [[spatium]], Sen. u. (Ggstz. [[modicum]] sp.) Liv.: ambulationes laxiores, Vitr.: [[agmen]] laxius, Sall. – bildl., in [[quo]] laxior neglegentiae [[locus]] esset, die N. [[einen]] weiteren [[Spielraum]] hätte, Liv. 24, 8, 1. – 2) übtr.: a) [[von]] der [[Menge]], [[weit]] aufgeschichtet, [[groß]], [[opes]] (Schätze), Mart. 2, 30, 4. – b) v. der [[Zeit]], [[geraum]], [[weit]], diem [[statuo]] [[satis]] laxum, setze [[einen]] [[ziemlich]] geraumen [[Termin]], Cic.: [[tempus]] laxius, Plin. ep. – c) v. Worten, [[weitläufig]], laxioribus [[paulo]] longioribusque verbis sententiam comprehendere, Gell. 16, 1, 3.
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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=laxus laxa, laxum ADJ :: wide, loose, roomy, slack, open, lax
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