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laxĭtas , ātis, f. laxus,
I.width, roominess, spaciousness, extent.
I. Lit. (rare but class.), of a house, Cic. Off. 1, 39, 139: loci, Sall. ap. Non. 132, 23: “laxitas appellatur Propontis, angustiae Thracius Bosporus,the wide part, Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 76: “mundi,id. 14 prooem. § 5: “ spatiosa,id. 8, 43, 68, § 169: “hae semitae opportunam laxitatem praebent,Col. 4, 18: aëris. i. e. a free current of air, Pall. 1, 5.—*
II. Trop., laxity, languor, Arn. 6, 197.
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    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 14
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 1.39
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 4.18
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