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1 laxo
laxo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (rarely n.; v. I. B. 2. b. and II. B. b. infra) [id.], to stretch out, extend, to make wide or roomy, to expand.I.Lit.:B.forum,
Cic. Att. 4, 16, 8:manipulos,
to open the ranks, Caes. B. G. 2, 25:lilium ab angustiis in latitudinem paulatim se laxans,
Plin. 21, 5, 11, § 22.—Transf.1.To open, undo, unloose (syn. solvo):2.vincula epistolae laxavit,
Nep. Paus. 4:nodos Herculeos,
Luc. 4, 632:ubi dolor vocem laxaverat,
had loosened his voice, Just. 42, 4, 13:claustra,
Verg. A. 2, 259:claustra portarum,
Juv. 8, 261:intestina,
Plin. 8, 36, 54, § 129.—To slacken, relax:(β).laxare arcum,
to slacken, unbend, Phaedr. 3, 14, 11:excussos rudentes,
Verg. A. 3, 267:laxantur corpora rugis,
become flabby with wrinkles, Ov. A. A. 3, 73:laxatis habenis invehi jussit,
Curt. 4, 9, 24; 4, 15, 3:laxatisque vinculis... ostendit manum,
Just. 14, 4, 1:se cutis arida laxet,
Juv. 6, 144:oleum ad nervos laxandos utile est,
Plin. 23, 8, 80, § 157:corpus velut laxatum,
Petr. 82:ferrum,
to smelt, Stat. Achill. 1, 429.—Neutr.:3.crebris fluctibus compages operis verberatae laxavere,
were loosened, opened, Curt. 4, 3, 6.—To lighten, ease:II.pharetra graves laxavit umeros,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 787.—Trop.A.To lighten, relieve, unbend, recreate (syn.: levo, libero): a contentione disputationis animos curamque laxemus, Cic. de Or. 3, 61, 230:B.judicum animos atque a severitate ad hilaritatem traducere,
id. Brut. 93, 322:animum ab assiduis laboribus,
Liv. 32, 5: ut istis te molestiis laxes, release yourself, Luc. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 3.—To relax, mitigate, moderate, abate, weaken:(β).alicui laxare aliquid laboris,
Liv. 9, 16:vix primos inopina quies laxaverat artus,
Verg. A. 5, 187:placida laxarant membra quiete... nautae,
id. ib. 5, 836:subtile examen justitiae,
Gell. 1, 3:iram,
Stat. Th. 6, 831: nigrantes tenebras id. ib. 12, 254:paulatim temeritate laxata,
Petr. 82:longiore dierum spatio laxare dicendi necessitatem,
to prolong, delay, defer, Quint. 10, 5, 22:memoriae inhaeret fldelius, quod nulla scribendi securitate laxatur,
id. 10, 6, 2:rarescit multo laxatus vulnere miles,
weakened, Sil. 17, 422.— To lay open, disclose, reveal ( poet.):fata latentia laxa,
Stat. Achill. 1, 508.—To reduce the price of:A.annonam,
Liv. 2, 34, 12; so neutr., to lessen, fall in price:annona laxaverat,
Liv. 26, 20.— laxātus, a, um, P. a., spread out, separated, extended, wide.Lit.:B.custodiae,
i. e. separated, withdrawn, Liv. 21, 32 fin.:custodia,
Petr. 112:membrana laxatior,
Plin. 19, 1, 3, § 17:laxati ordines (aciei),
Tac. H. 3, 25; Sil. 9, 364:corpore laxati,
released from the body, Cic. Rep. 6, 15 fin. —Trop.:libidinum vinculis laxati,
released, freed, free, Cic. de Sen. 3, 7:laxatus curis,
id. Tusc. 1, 19, 44:pugna,
a battle broken off, Liv. 21, 59:nox,
i. e. clear, Sil. 13, 550.
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