English → Latin
“wanton” in Latin
libīdinōsuslibidinous, licentious, lecherous; passionate; yearning for somethingvoluptāspleasure, delight, enjoyment, satisfaction; joy, charmerimpudīcusshameless, impudent; unchaste, impure, immodest, immoral, lewdprotervusviolent, vehement; reckless, wanton, shameless, impudent; audaciouspetulānspert, saucy, impudent, wanton; freakish; petulantsA letter of the Latin alphabet, written in the Latin script, representing the sound /s/.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
wanton adj.
Lascivious, libidinosus (without restraint): ad voluptates propensus; voluptatibus or rebus venereis deditus; libidinum plenus: libidine accensus (where a single instance, and not a habit, is implied): impudicus (without shame): a wanton life, vita libidinosa; vita libidinibus dedita or in libidines effusa to be wanton, libidini deditum esse; libidinum plenum esse: wanton eyes or look [Vid: VOLUPTUOUS].
Forward, mischievous, protervus; petulans. Wanton injuries, injuriae quae nocendi causa de industria inferuntur (Cic.).
Froliesome, s.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for wanton?
- The usual Latin words for “wanton” are libīdinōsus, voluptās, impudīcus; also protervus, petulāns, s. 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.