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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• relax:
  1. A. Act.:
      1. 1. rĕmitto, mīsi, missum, 3: to r. the reins, habenas r., Cic. Am. 13, 45: v. slacken. Fig.: to r. their former efforts, r. superioris temporis contentionem, Caes. B. C. 2, 14, ad fin.: pleasure r.s rather than stimulates thought, remittit potius voluptas cogitationes quam intendit, Quint. 10, 3, 24; Cic.
      2. 2. rĕlaxo, 1: to r. their labours, r. labores, Curt. 5, 13, 5: to r. one's avarice, r. avaritiam, Sen. Ep. 94, 23: whatever I have made stringent he r.s, quicquid ego astrinxi relaxat, Cic. Att. 10, 6.
      3. 3. laxo, 1 (less freq. than preced.): to r. the bowels, l. intestina, Plin. 8, 36, 54. Fig.: to r. their labours somewhat, sibi aliquid laboris l., Liv. 9, 16, ad fin.
      4. 4. rĕsolvo, vi, sŏlūtum, 3: the body being r.'d (in sleep), resoluto corpore, Ov. M. 7, 328. Fig.: to r. discipline, r. disciplinam, Tac. H. 1, 51.
      5. 5. rĕtendo, di, sum or tum, 3: to r. the bow, r. arcum, Ov. M. 2, 419: Fig.: Quint. 1, 3, 8: v. unbend. Phr.: to r. the bowels, mollire alvum, Plin. 20, 5, 20; solvere, Cels. 1, 3, ad med.: if the body; if the stomach is r.'d., si corpus profluit; si venter fluit, id. 3, 6, ad fin.: a r.'d stomach, liquida alvus, id. 4, 19.
  2. B. Neut.:
      1. 1. rĕlanguesco, gui, 3 (to grow languid): there is no reason why their diligence should r., non est cur eorum languescat industria, Cic. Or. 2, 6: he says that he has r.'d in his enmity, se relanguisse dicit, id. Att. 13, 41: that the impetuosity of the king may r., ut regis impetus relanguescat, Liv. 35, 45. Join: r. et remitti, Caes. B. G. 2, 15.
      2. 2. rĕlaxo, 1: pain allows pauses, and r.s, dolor dat intervalla et relaxat, Cic. Fin. 2, 29, 94: also reflect.: men, if only they are men, sometimes r., homines, si modo homines sunt, interdum animis relaxantur, id. Phil. 2, 16, 39.
      3. 3. expr. by the pass. of rĕmitto, Caes. B. C. 2, 14, ad init.: also, remittere se, Cels. 4, 24, ad fin.: Ov.: v. abate. Phr.: the severity of the weather r.ing., caeli mitescente saevitia, Curt. 8, 4, 13.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• RELAX
  • Transitively, laxare: relaxare: remittere (PROP. and figuratively): mollire, emollire (to soften): frangere: languorem afferre alicui (to render [mentally] dull): to relax the body and mind, i. e., to weaken, frangere vires animi, corporis: to relax the mind, debilitare animum: to relax the mind and body, mentis et corporis nervos frangere: to be relaxed by anything, aliquid languorem affert mihi: to relax the mind, i. e., to refresh, animum remittere or relaxare: to relax military discipline, disciplinam militarem resolvere.
  • Intransitively, laxari, relaxari, remitti: languescere, elanguescere, relanguescere (to become dull, feeble, etc.): flaccessere (to become loose, of sails; then figuratively, of speech). Vid: also, ABATE.