laxus adj. with comp. and sup. LAG-, wide, loose, open, spacious, roomy: casses, V.: In pede calceus, H.: spatium, L.: conpages, yielding, V.: arcus, unbent, V.: laxo arcu Cedere campis, H.
— Fig., loose, free, wide: laxissimas habenas habere amicitiae: hostis, in quo neglegentiae laxior locus esset, greater latitude, L.: laxius imperium, more indulgent, S.: laxior annona, i. e. low-priced, L.: diem statuo satis laxam, sufficiently distant.