noun · femininefirst declension
lascīvia
lascīvia f (genitive lascīviae)
Classical[ɫasˈkiː.wi.a]Ecclesiastical[laʃˈʃiː.vi.a]
Meaning
- wantonness, jollity
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
alacritās lūdendīlascīvia -ae (f) — in Epistulae, ch. 6
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Petulans · Procax · Protervus · Lascivus
The petulans (σπαταλῶν) sins against modestia through wantonness, raillery, and needless attack; the procax, through importunity and boisterous forwardness; the protervus (from proterere? or ταράξαι?) from impetuosity and haughty recklessness; the lascivus, through unrestrained frolicksomeness and inclination for play. Hence petulantia has its foundation in aversion to rest and quietness, or in the love of mischief; procacitas, in assurance or complete impudence; protervitas, in a feeling of strength, or in insolence; lascivia, in high spirits, or the want of seriousness. (iii. 40.)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lascīvia | lascīviae |
| genitive | lascīviae | lascīviārum |
| dative | lascīviae | lascīviīs |
| accusative | lascīviam | lascīviās |
| ablative | lascīviā | lascīviīs |
| vocative | lascīvia | lascīviae |
lascīvĭa, ae, f. lascivus,
I. sportiveness, playfulness, frolicsomeness, jollity.
I. In a good sense (class.):
adulescens plenus amoris ac lasciviae, Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 23: hilaritas et lascivia, Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 65: laeta (agrestium), Lucr. 5, 1400: ut nudi juvenes, Lycaeum Pana venerantes, per lusum atque lasciviam currerent, Liv. 1, 5, 2 Drak.: in juvenales lusus lasciviamque versi, id. 24, 16, 14; 37, 20, 5: piscium, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24: si quid per lasciviam, et non data opera ut furtum committeretur, factum sit, Gai. Inst. 3, 181.—Of inanim. things: naturae, Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 123.—Comic.: o virgarum lascivia, thou scourge's pastime! Plaut. As. 2, 2, 32.—II. In a bad sense, wantonness, licentiousness, petulance, impudence, lewdness, lasciviousness (mostly postAug.;
not in Cic.): quos soluto imperio licentia corruperat, Sall. J. 39 fin.; with superbia, id. ib. 41: maledicendi, Quint. 9, 2, 76: theatralis populi, Tac. A. 11, 13: lasciviae notae, of lewdness, Suet. Calig. 36; cf.: Caesonia luxuriae ac lasciviae perditae, id. ib. 25: ignoscitur, nisi in lata et incauta neglegentia vel lascivia fuit, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 12, 5, 2; cf. Gai. Inst. l. l. supra. —Of a licentious, prolix style: lasciviae flosculis capi, Quint. 2, 5, 22: alios recens haec lascivia deliciaeque et omnia ad voluptatem multitudinis imperitae composita delectant, id. 10, 1, 43: lasciviam a vobis prohibetote, impious exultation, Liv. 23, 10, 3 Gronov. ad loc.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
lascīvia ae, f
lascivus, sportiveness, playfulness, frolicsomeness, jollity : lasciviā Diffluit, T.: hilaritas et lascivia: per lusum atque lasciviam currere, L.— Wantonness, licentiousness : quos licentia atque lascivia corruperat, S.: lasciviam a vobis prohibetote, impious exultation , L.
Origins
From lascīvus (“wanton, petulant, sportive”).
Descendants
- Catalanlascívia
In English words that came into English from lascīvia
- lasciviouslascīviōsus