lascivus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *las- (“eager”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /lasˈkiː.u̯us/, [ɫ̪äs̠ˈkiːu̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /laʃˈʃi.vus/, [läʃˈʃiːvus]

Adjective

lascīvus (feminine lascīva, neuter lascīvum); first/second-declension adjective

1. wanton, playful, frisky
2. lustful, licentious, lascivious, lewd
3. (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

• French: lascif, lascive
• Italian: lascivo
• Romanian: lasciv

• Portuguese: lascivo
• Spanish: lascivo

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.