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rĕmissīvus

rĕmissīvus · adj

relaxing

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What it meant

rĕmissīvus — Lewis & Short

rĕmissīvus, a, um, adj.id. (late Lat.).

I In medicine, relaxing, laxative: relaxare tumentia rebus congruis et remissivis, Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 4.—
II In gram.: adverbia, formed to express the idea in a weakened or moderated sense, remissive (like pedetentim, paulatim, sensim, etc.), Prisc. p. 1021 P.

Where it came from

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