laxo

See also: laxó

Catalan

Verb

laxo

1. first-person singular present indicative of laxar

Latin

Etymology

From laxus (“loose, open”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈlak.soː/, [ˈɫ̪äks̠oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlak.so/, [ˈläkso]

Verb

laxō (present infinitive laxāre, perfect active laxāvī, supine laxātum); first conjugation

1. to extend, expand
2. to open, make wide
3. to undo, release
4. (figuratively) to lighten, relieve, free
5. to relax, moderate, weaken
6. to lessen, abate

Conjugation

   Conjugation of laxō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	laxō	laxās	laxat	laxāmus	laxātis	laxant
	imperfect	laxābam	laxābās	laxābat	laxābāmus	laxābātis	laxābant
	future	laxābō	laxābis	laxābit	laxābimus	laxābitis	laxābunt
	perfect	laxāvī	laxāvistī	laxāvit	laxāvimus	laxāvistis	laxāvērunt, laxāvēre
	pluperfect	laxāveram	laxāverās	laxāverat	laxāverāmus	laxāverātis	laxāverant
	future perfect	laxāverō	laxāveris	laxāverit	laxāverimus	laxāveritis	laxāverint
passive	present	laxor	laxāris, laxāre	laxātur	laxāmur	laxāminī	laxantur
	imperfect	laxābar	laxābāris, laxābāre	laxābātur	laxābāmur	laxābāminī	laxābantur
	future	laxābor	laxāberis, laxābere	laxābitur	laxābimur	laxābiminī	laxābuntur
	perfect	laxātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	laxātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	laxātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	laxem	laxēs	laxet	laxēmus	laxētis	laxent
	imperfect	laxārem	laxārēs	laxāret	laxārēmus	laxārētis	laxārent
	perfect	laxāverim	laxāverīs	laxāverit	laxāverīmus	laxāverītis	laxāverint
	pluperfect	laxāvissem	laxāvissēs	laxāvisset	laxāvissēmus	laxāvissētis	laxāvissent
passive	present	laxer	laxēris, laxēre	laxētur	laxēmur	laxēminī	laxentur
	imperfect	laxārer	laxārēris, laxārēre	laxārētur	laxārēmur	laxārēminī	laxārentur
	perfect	laxātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	laxātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	laxā	—	—	laxāte	—
	future	—	laxātō	laxātō	—	laxātōte	laxantō
passive	present	—	laxāre	—	—	laxāminī	—
	future	—	laxātor	laxātor	—	—	laxantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		laxāre	laxāvisse	laxātūrum esse	laxārī	laxātum esse	laxātum īrī
participles		laxāns	—	laxātūrus	—	laxātus	laxandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		laxandī	laxandō	laxandum	laxandō	laxātum	laxātū

Derived terms

• laxāmentum
• laxātiō
• laxātīvus
• relaxō

Related terms

• laxātus
• laxē
• laxitās
• laxus

Descendants

• → Albanian: lëshoj
• Aragonese: deixar
• Aromanian: alas, las, alãsari, lãsari
• Corsican: lascià
• Friulian: lassâ
• Istriot: lassà
• Italian: lasciare, lassare
• Ladin: lascer
• Ligurian: lasciâ
• Lombard: lassà
• Neapolitan: lassare
• Old French: lessier, laissier, laschier
  • Anglo-Norman: *leser
    • → Middle English: *lesen
      • English: lease (see there for further descendants)
  • French: laisser, lâcher; ⇒ délaisser
  • Jersey Norman: laîssi
  • Picard: laissier
  • Walloon: låtchî
• Occitano-Romance:
  • Occitan: daissar, laissar
  • Old Catalan: leixar
    • Catalan: deixar
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Old Leonese:
    • Asturian: dexar, llexar
    • Leonese: deixare
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: leixar
    • Galician: deixar, ⇒ desleixar
    • Portuguese: deixar, ⇒ desleixar
  • Old Spanish: lexar, dexar
    • Ladino: deshar
    • Spanish: dexar, dejar
• Piedmontese: lassé
• Romanian: lăsa, lăsare
• Romansch: laschar, lascher, schar
• Sardinian: lassai, lassare, dassare
• Sicilian: lassari, dassari
• Venetan: lasar
• Borrowings:
  • → Portuguese: laxar
  • → Spanish: laxar

References

• “laxo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “laxo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• laxo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the price of corn is going down: annona laxatur, levatur, vilior fit
    
  • (ambiguous) to fight in open order: laxatis (opp. confertis) ordinibus pugnare
    

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaɡso/ [ˈlaɣ̞.so]
• Rhymes: -aɡso
• Syllabification: la‧xo

Etymology 1

From Latin laxus.

Adjective

laxo (feminine laxa, masculine plural laxos, feminine plural laxas)

1. (formal) lax

Related terms

• laxar
• laxitud

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

laxo

1. first-person singular present indicative of laxar

Further reading

• “laxo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10