lascivus
Latin
Etymology
From a term derived from Proto-Indo-European *las- (“eager”) + -īvus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /lasˈkiː.u̯us/, [ɫ̪äs̠ˈkiːu̯ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /laʃˈʃi.vus/, [läʃˈʃiːvus]
Adjective
lascīvus (feminine lascīva, neuter lascīvum); first/second-declension adjective
- wanton, playful, frisky
- lustful, licentious, lascivious, lewd
- (of style) luxuriant
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | lascīvus | lascīva | lascīvum | lascīvī | lascīvae | lascīva | |
| Genitive | lascīvī | lascīvae | lascīvī | lascīvōrum | lascīvārum | lascīvōrum | |
| Dative | lascīvō | lascīvō | lascīvīs | ||||
| Accusative | lascīvum | lascīvam | lascīvum | lascīvōs | lascīvās | lascīva | |
| Ablative | lascīvō | lascīvā | lascīvō | lascīvīs | |||
| Vocative | lascīve | lascīva | lascīvum | lascīvī | lascīvae | lascīva | |
Related terms
- lascīvē
- lascīvia
- lascīvībundus
- lascīviō
- lascīvitas
- lascīviter
- lascīvulus
Descendants
References
- “lascivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “lascivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lascivus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- lascivus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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