ξένῳ δὲ σιγᾶν κρεῖττον ἢ κεκραγέναι → it's better for a stranger to keep silence than to shout (Menander)
laxātĭo: ōnis, f. id.,
I a widening, wide space, width, breadth (post-Aug.).
I Lit.: duorum digitorum laxatio, Vitr. 4, 7, 4.—
II A relief, mitigation, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, 52 al.