lascivus Latin · revision 5729

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=inherited|attested=Livius Andronicus|origins=ine-pro *leh₂s-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɫasˈkiː.wʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [laʃˈʃiː.vus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''lascīvus''' (feminine lascīva, neuter lascīvum, comparative lascīvior, superlative lascīvissimus); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is derived from a stem [[itc-pro|*lasko-]], [[ine-pro|*lh₂s-ko-|t=desirous]], from the root *leh₂s- “to be eager”.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Cognate with [[grc|λιλαίομαι|tr=lilaíomai|t=to desire strongly]], [[sga|lainn|t=eager]] and [[ru|ласый|tr=lasyj|t=greedy]], and the OLD compares [[sa|लसति|tr=lasati|t=plays]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) A link with [[laciō]] “to entice” is also possible.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler date it from Livius Andronicus, who speaks of Nereus' playful snub-nosed herd, the dolphins.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Livius Andronicus 280/260–before 200 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It first meant playful, frisky, as Varro's goats that stray, and then given to levity, as Horace's youth that has a better claim to wantonness.^(OLD 2012) It meant unruly or mischievous, free from sexual restraint, as Horace's rich and wanton girl, and of style extravagant, as Seneca's speech more wanton than happy.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Döderlein groups it with ''petulāns'' and ''protervus'', words of wantonness.^(Döderlein 1874) Church writers such as Isidore used ''lascīviōsus'' in a scolding sense, and it gave [[en|lascivious]] in the mid-15th century.^(Etymonline) It survives in [[it|lascivo]] and [[es|lascivo]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 280/260–before 200 BC – Livius Andronicus speaks of Nereus' playful herd.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of frisky goats.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses it of a wanton girl.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-15th century – English ''lascivious'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|Playful]], frisky, frolicsome.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Given to levity, frivolous.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Unruly, mischievous.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Free from sexual restraint, [[m|en|wanton]], [[m|en|lewd]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # (of style) Extravagant, unrestrained.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[lascīvē]]

+ * [[lascīvia]]

+ * [[lascīvībundus]]

+ * [[lascīviō]]

+ * [[lascīviōsus]]

+ * [[lascīvitās]]

+ * [[lascīviter]]

+ * [[lascīvolus]]

+ * [[lascīvulus]]

+ * [[petulāns]]

+ * [[en|lascivious]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}