laxitas Latin · revision 10149

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=ine-pro *slh₁g-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈɫak.sɪ.taːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈlak.si.tas]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''laxitās''' ''f'' (genitive laxitātis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|laxus|-tās|t1=loose, wide]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan reconstructs ⟨laxus⟩ as Proto-Italic ⟨*(s)lakso-⟩, from ⟨*slǵ-so-⟩ “weak, faint”, related to [[langueō]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is Cicero, of the roominess of a house.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant spaciousness, roominess, as of a house in Cicero; a wide area, expanse, and a relaxed condition, absence of strain, as in Seneca; and freedom of movement.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Lewis & Short call it rare but classical.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for spaciousness.^(DMLBS) English ''laxity'' (1520s) is from it through French.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of expanse and relaxation.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1520s – English ''laxity'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Spaciousness, roominess, width.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # An expanse.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Freedom of movement; relaxation, [[m|en|laxity]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[laxus]]

+ * [[laxō]]

+ * [[langueō]]

+ * [[en|laxity]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}