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laxamentum

laxamentum · n

an extending, widening

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Where it lives

Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 43-44 - 43 1 · 1.74/10k
De Architectura 10 · 1.73/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 35-38 - 35 1 · 0.79/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 7 1 · 0.76/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 6 1 · 0.74/10k
De Re Coquinaria 1 · 0.64/10k
De agri cultura 1 · 0.64/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 1-5 - 5 1 · 0.62/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 9 1 · 0.62/10k
Pro A. Cluentio 1 · 0.48/10k
De Ira 1 · 0.45/10k
Ab urbe condita 10 · 0.19/10k

Densest 12 of 19 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

laxāmentum — Lewis & Short

laxāmentum, i, n.laxo,

I an extending, widening.

I Lit. (post-Aug.): ventus laxamentum sibi parat, Sen. Q. N. 6, 18, 3: cellae, Vitr. 4, 7 fin.: ventris, an evacuating, purging, Macr. S. 7, 11.—

B Transf. (in concr.), a wide space, room: choragia laxamentum habeant, ad chorum parandum, Vitr. 5, 9, 1.—

II Trop., a relaxation, mitigation, alleviation, respite (not freq. till after the Aug. per.): si quid laxamenti a bello Samnitium esset, Liv. 9, 41: eo laxamento cogitationibus dato, id. 7, 38 fin.: ut minus laxamenti daretur iis ad auxilia Hannibali submittenda, id. 22, 37; 10, 39: nactus in navigatione pusillum laxamenti, Trebon. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 16, 3: dare laxamentum legi, laxity, indulgence, Cic. Clu. 33, 89; so, leges rem surdam, inexorabilem esse ... nihil laxamenti nec veniae habere, Liv. 2, 3.

In the wild

laxamentum Seneca, De Ira 2.21.6
laxamenti Livy, Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 43-44 - 43 p26
laxamento Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.6.31.5
laxamentum Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 31.10.12
laxamentum Vitruvius, De Architectura 7.pr.17
laxamenti Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.2.24.5

6 of 38 attestations shown.

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