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adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

lascīvus

lascīvus (feminine lascīva, neuter lascīvum, comparative lascīvior, superlative lascīvissimus)
Classical[ɫasˈkiː.wʊs]Ecclesiastical[laʃˈʃiː.vus]
lascīvō sg. dat. m.; sg. dat. n.; sg. abl. m.; sg. abl. n.

Meaning

  1. adjectivewanton, playful, frisky
  2. adjectivelustful, licentious, lascivious, lewd
  3. adjectiveluxuriant

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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

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativelascīvus
lascīvulus		lascīva
lascīvula		lascīvum
lascīvulum
genitivelascīvī
lascīvulī		lascīvae
lascīvulae		lascīvī
lascīvulī
dativelascīvō
lascīvulō		lascīvae
lascīvulae		lascīvō
lascīvulō
accusativelascīvum
lascīvulum		lascīvam
lascīvulam		lascīvum
lascīvulum
ablativelascīvō
lascīvulō		lascīvā
lascīvulā		lascīvō
lascīvulō
vocativelascīve
lascīvule		lascīva
lascīvula		lascīvum
lascīvulum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativelascīvī
lascīvulī		lascīvae
lascīvulae		lascīva
lascīvula
genitivelascīvōrum
lascīvulōrum		lascīvārum
lascīvulārum		lascīvōrum
lascīvulōrum
dativelascīvīs
lascīvulīs		lascīvīs
lascīvulīs		lascīvīs
lascīvulīs
accusativelascīvōs
lascīvulōs		lascīvās
lascīvulās		lascīva
lascīvula
ablativelascīvīs
lascīvulīs		lascīvīs
lascīvulīs		lascīvīs
lascīvulīs
vocativelascīvī
lascīvulī		lascīvae
lascīvulae		lascīva
lascīvula

lascīvus, a, um, adj. Sanscr. lash-āmi, desire; las-āmi, play; Gr. la- in λάω, λιλαίομαι; cf. Goth. lustus; also Lat. largus,
I. wanton, petulant, sportive, playful, frolicsome, frisky, (syn.: petulans, procax).
I. In a good sense: nova proles, * Lucr. 1, 260: capella, Verg. E. 2, 64: puella, id. ib. 3, 64: pueri, Hor. S. 1, 3, 134: Amores, id. C. 2, 11, 7: currumque sequuntur matris lascivo sidera fulva choro, Tib. 2, 1, 88: tenero lascivior haedo, Ov. M. 13, 791: aetas, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 216: hederae, wanton, luxuriant, id. C. 1, 36, 20: acus, for ornamenting the hair, a hair-pin, Mart. 11, 45, 6; cf. Tert. Verg. Vel. 12: tristia maestum Vultum verba decent. ... Ludentem lasciva, sportive, playful, Hor. A. P. 107; cf.: quod dicitur, aut est lascivum et hilare aut contumeliosum, Quint. 6, 3, 27: ad quod (caput aselli) lascivi ludebant ruris alumni, Juv. 11, 98. —
II. In a bad sense, licentious, lewd, lustful, lascivious, Varr. R. R. 1, 14: Siculi, ut sunt lascivi et dicaces, Cael. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 41: puellae, lascivious, Ov. A. A. 1, 523: femur, id. Am. 3, 7, 10: libelli, lewd, Mart. 5, 2, 5; cf.: tabellis ac sigillis lascivissimarum picturarum et figurarum, Suet. Tib. 43.—
III. Trop., of style, licentious, luxuriant, overloaded with ornament; oratio, Gell. 12, 2, 9; cf.: illud lascivum ζωὴ καὶ ψυχή, Juv. 6, 194.—Hence, adv. in two forms.
A. lascīvē, wantonly, lasciviously (post-class.): loqui, licentiously, Mart. 8 init.: versus facere, App. Mag. p. 278, 31. —Comp.: lascivius, Avien. Arat. 514.—
B. lascīvĭter, wantonly, petulantly: ludere, Laev. ap. Charis. p. 183 P.

Origins

From a Proto-Italic *lasko-, itself from Proto-Indo-European *lh₂s-ko- (“desirous”), from *leh₂s- (“to be eager”) (though others, including Beekes and Kroonen, have expressed doubt about the existence of the root and its assigned descendants), + -īvus (“adjectival suffix”). Related to Old Irish lainn (“eager”), Ancient Greek λῐλαίομαι (lĭlaíomai, “to desire strongly”), Lithuanian lokšnùs (“sensitive”), Proto-Slavic *laskavъ (“flattering”).

Descendants
  • Catalanlasciu
  • Frenchlascif
  • Germanlasziv
  • Italianlascivo
  • Occitanlasciu
  • Romanianlasciv
  • Portugueselascivo
  • Spanishlascivo
  • Galicianlascivo

Quick answers

What does lascīvus mean in Latin?
lascīvus, a adjective, means “wanton, playful, frisky; lustful, licentious, lascivious, lewd; luxuriant”.
How do you pronounce lascīvus?
In classical Latin, [ɫasˈkiː.wʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [laʃˈʃiː.vus].