relaxo

Catalan

Verb

relaxo

1. first-person singular present indicative of relaxar

Latin

Etymology

From re- (“back; again”) +‎ laxō (“extend; loosen; relieve; relax”), from laxus (“loose, open”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /reˈlak.soː/, [rɛˈɫ̪äks̠oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reˈlak.so/, [reˈläkso]

Verb

relaxō (present infinitive relaxāre, perfect active relaxāvī, supine relaxātum); first conjugation

1. to stretch out or widen again; unloose, loosen, open; slacken; abate
2. (figuratively) to slacken, ease, alleviate, mitigate; cheer up, enliven, relax

Conjugation

Conjugation of relaxō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	relaxō	relaxās	relaxat	relaxāmus	relaxātis	relaxant
	imperfect	relaxābam	relaxābās	relaxābat	relaxābāmus	relaxābātis	relaxābant
	future	relaxābō	relaxābis	relaxābit	relaxābimus	relaxābitis	relaxābunt
	perfect	relaxāvī	relaxāvistī	relaxāvit	relaxāvimus	relaxāvistis	relaxāvērunt, relaxāvēre
	pluperfect	relaxāveram	relaxāverās	relaxāverat	relaxāverāmus	relaxāverātis	relaxāverant
	future perfect	relaxāverō	relaxāveris	relaxāverit	relaxāverimus	relaxāveritis	relaxāverint
passive	present	relaxor	relaxāris, relaxāre	relaxātur	relaxāmur	relaxāminī	relaxantur
	imperfect	relaxābar	relaxābāris, relaxābāre	relaxābātur	relaxābāmur	relaxābāminī	relaxābantur
	future	relaxābor	relaxāberis, relaxābere	relaxābitur	relaxābimur	relaxābiminī	relaxābuntur
	perfect	relaxātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	relaxātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	relaxātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	relaxem	relaxēs	relaxet	relaxēmus	relaxētis	relaxent
	imperfect	relaxārem	relaxārēs	relaxāret	relaxārēmus	relaxārētis	relaxārent
	perfect	relaxāverim	relaxāverīs	relaxāverit	relaxāverīmus	relaxāverītis	relaxāverint
	pluperfect	relaxāvissem	relaxāvissēs	relaxāvisset	relaxāvissēmus	relaxāvissētis	relaxāvissent
passive	present	relaxer	relaxēris, relaxēre	relaxētur	relaxēmur	relaxēminī	relaxentur
	imperfect	relaxārer	relaxārēris, relaxārēre	relaxārētur	relaxārēmur	relaxārēminī	relaxārentur
	perfect	relaxātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	relaxātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	relaxā	—	—	relaxāte	—
	future	—	relaxātō	relaxātō	—	relaxātōte	relaxantō
passive	present	—	relaxāre	—	—	relaxāminī	—
	future	—	relaxātor	relaxātor	—	—	relaxantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		relaxāre	relaxāvisse	relaxātūrum esse	relaxārī	relaxātum esse	relaxātum īrī
participles		relaxāns	—	relaxātūrus	—	relaxātus	relaxandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		relaxandī	relaxandō	relaxandum	relaxandō	relaxātum	relaxātū

Derived terms

• relaxātiō
• relaxātor

Related terms

• collaxō
• dīlaxō
• laxō
• perlaxō

Descendants

• Catalan: relleixar, → relaxar
• Italian: rilassare
• → Old French: relaxer
  • → Middle English: relaxen
    • English: relax
      • → German: relaxen
  • French: relaxer
• Portuguese: releixar, relaxar
• Romanian: relaxa
• Spanish: relajar

References

• “relaxo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “relaxo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• relaxo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to recruit oneself, seek relaxation: animum relaxare, reficere, recreare or simply se reficere, se recreare, refici, recreari (ex aliqua re)
    
  • the pain grows less: dolores remittunt, relaxant
    

Portuguese

Verb

relaxo

1. first-person singular present indicative of relaxar