laxus

== Latin == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leg-s-ós (“weak, faint; to slacken”). Possibly cognate with Sanskrit लक्ष (lakṣa). See also langueō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɫak.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈlak.sus] === Adjective === laxus (feminine laxa, neuter laxum, comparative laxior, superlative laxissimus, adverb laxē); first/second-declension adjective wide, spacious, roomy yielding loose, slack, free ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== laxāmentum laxē laxitās laxō ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === “laxus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “laxus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “laxus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.