English → Latin
“lascivious” in Latin
salāxprone to leaping; salacious, lustful, lecherous, lascivious; lust-provoking, provocativeimpudīcusshameless, impudent; unchaste, impure, immodest, immoral, lewdlibīdinōsuslibidinous, licentious, lecherous; passionate; yearning for somethingintemperānsunrestrained, intemperate; licentious
The English word lascivious itself goes back to Latin lascīvia, through lascīviōsus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
lascivious
furens in libidinem (of men or animals): salax (PROP., of male animals): impudicus (immodest, of persons and things, as verses, etc.): libidinosus (lustful); intemperans (immoderate in satisfying low, sensual desire); rebus venereis deditus (devoted to low sensuality. All three of persons).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for lascivious?
- The usual Latin words for “lascivious” are salāx, impudīcus, libīdinōsus; also intemperāns. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.