lascivio Latin · revision 34028

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 180–102 BC, Lucilius|origins=la lascīvus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''lascīviō''' (present infinitive lascīvīre, perfect active lascīviī, supine lascīvītum); fourth conjugation, no passive^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|lascīvus|-iō|t1=playful, wanton]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lucilius uses it of a herd frisking.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to frisk, frolic or gambol, of animals, and then to indulge in play or levity, as Seneca's kings sporting at sea.^(OLD 2012) It is also to act without restraint, run riot: Cicero says one may run riot as long as one fears nothing, and Livy has Appius Claudius say the plebs was wanton rather than savage.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Manilius uses it in erotic contexts, and Quintilian of a style that runs riot, as he warns a narrative should not.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short find it infrequent before the Augustan period.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius of a frisking herd.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of running riot.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of a wanton plebs.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian of style.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|frisk]], [[m|en|frolic]], gambol.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To sport, indulge in levity.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To run riot, be unrestrained or [[m|en|wanton]]; of style, to indulge in licence.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[lascīvībundus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[lascivus|alt=lascīvus]]

+ * [[lascivia|alt=lascīvia]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}