lascivus

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Latin

Etymology

From a term derived from Proto-Indo-European *las- (“eager”) +‎ -īvus.

Pronunciation

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

Descendants

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.
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