lascīvus
Meaning
- adjectivewanton, playful, frisky
- adjectivelustful, licentious, lascivious, lewd
- adjectiveluxuriant
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
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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
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | lascīvus lascīvulus | lascīva lascīvula | lascīvum lascīvulum |
| genitive | lascīvī lascīvulī | lascīvae lascīvulae | lascīvī lascīvulī |
| dative | lascīvō lascīvulō | lascīvae lascīvulae | lascīvō lascīvulō |
| accusative | lascīvum lascīvulum | lascīvam lascīvulam | lascīvum lascīvulum |
| ablative | lascīvō lascīvulō | lascīvā lascīvulā | lascīvō lascīvulō |
| vocative | lascīve lascīvule | lascīva lascīvula | lascīvum lascīvulum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | lascīvī lascīvulī | lascīvae lascīvulae | lascīva lascīvula |
| genitive | lascīvōrum lascīvulōrum | lascīvārum lascīvulārum | lascīvōrum lascīvulōrum |
| dative | lascīvīs lascīvulīs | lascīvīs lascīvulīs | lascīvīs lascīvulīs |
| accusative | lascīvōs lascīvulōs | lascīvās lascīvulās | lascīva lascīvula |
| ablative | lascīvīs lascīvulīs | lascīvīs lascīvulīs | lascīvīs lascīvulīs |
| vocative | lascīvī lascīvulī | lascīvae lascīvulae | lascīva lascīvula |
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. —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.—loqui, licentiously, Mart. 8 init.: versus facere, App. Mag. p. 278, 31. —Comp.: lascivius, Avien. Arat. 514.—Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
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”).
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