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libidinosus

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(adj.adv.) : lĭbīdĭnōsus (lŭbīd-), a, um, adj. libido
* Full of desire, passion, or lust, selfwilled, licentious, sensual, lustful, voluptuous, libidinous.
* Lit. (in a bad sense), Cic. Rep. Fragm. ap. Non. 491, 16 (Rep. 2, 41, 68 Mos.): homo libidinosissimus,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 192: nihil (isto) luxuriosius, nihil libidinosius,id. Pis. 27, 66: libidinosior es quam ullus spado,Quint. 6, 3, 64: caper,lecherous,Hor. Epod. 10, 23.—Of inanim. and abstr. things: libidinosissimae liberationes, arbitrary, self-willed, Cic. Pis. 36, 87: libidinosae voluptates,id. Fin. 1, 18, 59: libidinosa et intemperans adulescentia,id. de Sen. 9, 29: fortuna varia et libidinosa,Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 10: pretia,extravagant,Col. 10 praef. § 2: libidinosam liberalitatem debiti nomine colorare,Val. Max. 8, 2, 2. —Of speech, licentious, wanton: eloquentia,Quint. 5, 12, 20.
* In a good sense, eager, longing for a thing (post-class.): libidinosus eloquentiae et gloriae,Tert. Apol. 48; id. Virg. Vel. 13: suae sapientiae,id. Res. Carn. 32.—Hence, adv.: lĭbīdĭ-nōsē, according to one's pleasure or caprice, wilfully, wantonly: quae ille libidinose, quae nefarie, quae crudeliter fecerit,Cic. Div. in Caecil. 12, 38: ne quid libidinose aut facias aut cogites,id. Off. 1, 4, 14; id. Rep. 2, 37, 63: libidinose crudeliterque consulere in aliquem,Liv. 3, 63.—Comp.: libidinosius saevire,Tert. Monog. 16 fin.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary

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