Laxus, Adiectiuum lato deducitur, & significat latum, & spatij maioris. Virg.Loose: large: wide: soft: weake.Ager laxus, cui opponitur Angustus. Colum. A large fielde or wide.Paludes laxæ. Lucan. Habenas laxas dare.Virg.To giue bridle at will.Amictus laxus.Ouid.A wide garment.Arcus laxus.Virg.A bow vnbent.Calceus laxus malè hæret in pede. Horat. A wide shooe sitteth ill on the foote.Domus laxa.Plin. iun.A large wide house full of roome.Funcs laxi.Virg.Cordes lewse or vnbound.Ianua laxa.Ouid.The gate open and not locked.Sinu laxo ferre aliquid. Horat. Tunica laxa.Ouid.Laxissimæ habenæ amicitie. Cic A free vse of friendship, that one may increase or diminish at his pleasure.Opes laxæ. Mart. Great riches.Laxum tempus, Laxa dies.Plin. iun.Cic.A long time.Quum ipse arbitratu meo aliam diem operi faciundo laxioiem dederim. Proculus. When at my pleasure I gane him a longer and further day to finish his worke.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
laxus, a, um, adj. [cf. languidus, languor, lactes], wide, loose, open; spacious, roomy; opp. adstrictus (not freq. till after the Aug. per.). I.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,
, 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.—II.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. 1.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.—2.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