lax Copy link • lax [cf. Gr. λέχρις; Lat.: licinus, luxus], fraud, deception: lacit decipiendo inducit. Lax etenim fraus est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 116.
lax Copy link Outline 1. dissŏlūtus2. rĕmissus (oft. an epithet of praise, easy, quiet)3. laxus4. neglĭgens • lax: 1. dissŏlūtus: l. in passing over (an offence), in praetermittendo d., Cic. Verr. 5, 3, extr.: opp. to vehemens (strict, severe), ib. 5, 40, 104. 2. rĕmissus (oft. an epithet of praise, easy, quiet): esp. in compar. (= more slack than one ought to be), if we choose to be l., si remissiores voluerimus esse, Cic. Cat. 4, 6, 12. 3. laxus: to exercise laxer discipline over troops, milites laxiore imperio habere, Sall. Jug. 64. (Not in Cic., who however has laxas habenas habere, in anal. sense, Am. 13, 45.) 4. neglĭgens: v. negligent, careless. See also loose (adj.).
LAX Copy link • LAX 1. PROPR., laxus; remissus. FIG., laxus; remissus (not strict); dissolutus (of loose morals: also with reference to passing over faults; opposed to vehemens, asper; e.g., dissolutus in praetermittendo [Cic., Verr., 2, 5, 3]: and of discipline, customs, etc.): negligens: officii negligens (careless of duty): indulgens: perindulgens (of parents, etc.). 2. s. Vid: DIARRHOEA.