relaxatio
Ἓν οἶδα, ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα → I know only one thing, that I know nothing | all I know is that I know nothing.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
rĕlaxātĭo: ōnis, f. relaxo, trop.,
I an easing, relaxation (Cic.): verum otii fructus est non contentio animi sed relaxatio, Cic. de Or. 2, 5, 22: vel loci mutatio vel animi relaxatio, id. Fam. 7, 26, 1.— Absol.: quae est ista relaxatio, cum (sc. doloris), mitigation, alleviation, Cic. Fin. 2, 29, 95.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
rĕlaxātĭō, ōnis, f. (relaxo), détente, relâche, repos : Cic. de Or. 2, 22 ; Fam. 7, 26, 1 ; Fin. 2, 95.
Latin > German (Georges)
relaxātio, ōnis, f. (relaxo), die Abspannung, das Nachlassen, Ggstz. intentio, Boëth. inst. mus. 5, 4: Ggstz. astrictio, Chalcid. Tim. 46 D u. 260: rel. ieiunii (Ggstz. constrictio, Verschärfung), Augustin. epist. 36, 25; vgl. serm. 210, 4. – insbes., die Abspannung = als Erholung, animi (Ggstz. contentio, die Anstrengung), Cic. de or. 2, 22; ep. 7, 26, 1: absol., quae est ista relaxatio, cum (wenn) etc., Cic. de fin. 2, 95.
