lascivia Latin · revision 31610

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la lascīvus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɫasˈkiː.wi.a]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [laʃˈʃiː.vi.a]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''lascīvia''' ''f'' (genitive lascīviae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|lascīvus|-ia|t1=playful, wanton]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan lists it under ⟨lascīvus⟩, built on a stem [[itc-pro|*lasko-]] from [[ine-pro|*lh₂s-ko-|t=desirous]], cognate with [[sga|lainn|t=eager]], [[grc|λιλαίομαι|tr=lilaíomai|t=to desire strongly]] and [[ru|ла́сый|tr=lásyj|t=greedy, eager, affectionate]]; a link with [[laciō|t=to entice]] is possible but less likely in meaning.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) who describes a young man “full of love and wantonness”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Of animals it is frisking: Pacuvius speaks of the play of fish.^(OLD 2012) Of people it is playfulness and fun, as Cicero's list of cheerfulness, playfulness, laughter and jest, or Lucretius' merry country revels.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Terence uses it of unruly, dissolute behaviour, of a mind “flowing away in luxury and licence”, and Plautus already of sexual freedom.^(OLD 2012) Seneca and Quintilian apply it to an undisciplined style; for Seneca a licentious style of speech is a sign of public luxury.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Medieval Latin it is lust.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of a young man's wantonness.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 220–130 BC – Pacuvius of the play of fish.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence of dissolute behaviour.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of playfulness and fun.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca of an undisciplined style.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Frisking, play, sport.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Playfulness, fun, [[m|en|jollity]], jesting.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Unruly or licentious behaviour; sexual freedom, [[m|en|wantonness]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Of style, lack of restraint.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' [[m|en|lust]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[lascīvus]]

+ * [[lascīviō]]

+ * [[petulantia]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Döderlein sets it beside ''petulantia'', ''procācitās'' and ''protervitās'': all offend against modesty, but ''lascīvia'' springs from high spirits and a want of seriousness, a love of play.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}