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lascīvē, adv., v. lascivus fin. A.

lascīvĭa, ae, f. [lascivus], sportiveness, playfulness, frolicsomeness, jollity.

  1. I. In a good sense (class.): adulescens plenus amoris ac lasciviae, Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 23: hilaritas et lascivia, Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 65: laeta (agrestium), Lucr. 5, 1400: ut nudi juvenes, Lycaeum Pana venerantes, per lusum atque lasciviam currerent, Liv. 1, 5, 2 Drak.: in juvenales lusus lasciviamque versi, id. 24, 16, 14; 37, 20, 5: piscium, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24: si quid per lasciviam, et non data opera ut furtum committeretur, factum sit, Gai. Inst. 3, 181.
    Of inanim. things: naturae, Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 123.
    Comic.: o virgarum lascivia, thou scourge’s pastime! Plaut. As. 2, 2, 32.
  2. II. In a bad sense, wantonness, licentiousness, petulance, impudence, lewdness, lasciviousness (mostly postAug.; not in Cic.): quos soluto imperio licentia corruperat, Sall. J. 39 fin.; with superbia, id. ib. 41: maledicendi, Quint. 9, 2, 76: theatralis populi, Tac. A. 11, 13: lasciviae notae, of lewdness, Suet. Calig. 36; cf.: Caesonia luxuriae ac lasciviae perditae, id. ib. 25: ignoscitur, nisi in lata et incauta neglegentia vel lascivia fuit, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 12, 5, 2; cf. Gai. Inst. l. l. supra.
    Of a licentious, prolix style: lasciviae flosculis capi, Quint. 2, 5, 22: alios recens haec lascivia deliciaeque et omnia ad voluptatem multitudinis imperitae composita delectant, id. 10, 1, 43: lasciviam a vobis prohibetote, impious exultation, Liv. 23, 10, 3 Gronov. ad loc.

* lascīvībundus, a, um, adj. [lascivio], wanton, full of petulance, Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 16 (Ritschl and Fleck. lixabundus, q. v.).

lascīvĭo, ĭi, ītum, 4, v. n. [lascivus], to be wanton, petulant, sportive, to sport, frisk, frolic (not freq. till after the Aug. per.).

  1. I. Lit.: licet lascivire, dum nihil metuas, *Cic. Rep. 1, 40, 63: Ap. Claudius ait, lascivire magis plebem quam saevire, Liv. 2, 29, 9: licentiam lasciviendi permittere militi, Suet. Caes. 67: eo principio lascivire miles, Tac. A. 1, 16: exsilit agnus Lascivitque fuga, and wantonly frisks away, Ov. M. 7, 321; cf. Col. 6, 24: angues … lascivientium piscium modo exsultasse, Liv. 27, 5.
    Poet.: dextera lascivit caesa Tegeatide capra (of the Luperci, who wantonly struck at passers-by), Sil. 13, 329: ferratus lascivit apex, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 145: quis lascivit aquis et ab aethere ludit, Mart. 4, 3, 7.
    Esp.: in Venerem, to be lascivious, Col. 6, 24, 2.
  2. II. Trop., to indulge in license of language or style (a favorite expression of Quintilian): lascivimus syntonorum modis saltitantes, Quint. 9, 4, 142; cf. id. 11, 1, 56: toto et rerum et verborum et compositionis genere lasciviunt, id. 4, 2, 39: puerilibus sententiolis, id. 12, 10, 73; cf. id. 9, 4, 28; 9, 4, 6: Ovidius lascivire in Metamorphosesi solet, Quint. 4, 1, 77.

lascīvĭtas, ātis, f. [lascivus], wantonness (post-class.): Asiana, Firm. 1, 1; Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 8.

lascīvĭter, adv., v. lascivus fin. B.

* lascīvŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [lascivus], a little or somewhat wanton: manus, Laev. ap. Prisc. p. 903 P.

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).

  1. I. 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.
  2. II. 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.
  3. III. 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.
    1. A. lascīvē, wantonly, lasciviously (post-class.): loqui, licentiously, Mart. 8 init.: versus facere, App. Mag. p. 278, 31.
      Comp.: lascivius, Avien. Arat. 514.
    2. B. lascīvĭter, wantonly, petulantly: ludere, Laev. ap. Charis. p. 183 P.