(adj.adv.) : lascīvus, a, um, adj.Sanscr. lash-āmi, desire; las-āmi, play; Gr. la- in λάω, λιλαίομαι; cf. Goth. lustus; also Lat. largus
* Wanton, petulant, sportive, playful, frolicsome, frisky, (syn.: petulans, procax).
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* Lascīvē, wantonly, lasciviously (post-class.): loqui,licentiously,Mart. 8 init.: versus facere,App. Mag. p. 278, 31. —Comp.: lascivius,Avien. Arat. 514.
* Lascīvĭter, wantonly, petulantly: ludere, Laev. ap. Charis. p. 183 P.

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