lascīvus — Lewis & Short
lascīvus, a, um, adj.Sanscr. lash-āmi, desire; las-āmi, play; Gr. la- in la/w, lilai/omai; cf. Goth. lustus; also Lat. largus,
I wanton, petulant, sportive, playful, frolicsome, frisky, (syn.: petulans, procax).
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. —
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.—
III Trop., of style, licentious, luxuriant, overloaded with ornament; oratio, Gell. 12, 2, 9; cf.: illud lascivum zwh\ kai\ yuxh/, Juv. 6, 194.—Hence, adv. in two forms.
A lascīvē, wantonly, lasciviously (post-class.):
loqui,licentiously, Mart. 8 init.:
versus facere,App. Mag. p. 278, 31. —Comp.:
lascivius,Avien. Arat. 514.—
B lascīvĭter, wantonly, petulantly: ludere, Laev. ap. Charis. p. 183 P.