arcus+laxus

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laxus, a, um, adj. [cf. languidus, languor, lactes], wide, loose, open; spacious, roomy; opp. adstrictus (not freq. till after the Aug. per.).

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.—

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.

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.—

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.