Catalan

Verb

relaxo

1. first-person singular present indicative form of relaxar

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /reˈlak.soː/

Verb

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

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

Inflection

Derived terms

• relaxātiō
• relaxātor

Related terms

• collaxō
• dīlaxō
• laxō
• perlaxō

Descendants

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “relaxo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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 (eu) present indicative of relaxar