to be lascivious

lascīvus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. lash-āmi, desire; las-āmi, play; Gr. la- in laô, lilaiomai; cf. Goth. lustus; also Lat. largus], wanton, petulant, sportive, playful, frolicsome, frisky, (syn.: petulans, procax).

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. —

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.—

Trop., of style, licentious, luxuriant, overloaded with ornament; oratio, Gell. 12, 2, 9; cf.: illud lascivum zôê kai psuchê, Juv. 6, 194.—Hence, adv. in two forms.

lascīvē, wantonly, lasciviously (post-class.):

loqui,

licentiously, Mart. 8 init.:

versus facere,

App. Mag. p. 278, 31. — Comp.:

lascivius,

Avien. Arat. 514.—

lascīvĭter, wantonly, petulantly: ludere, Laev. ap. Charis. p. 183 P.

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lascīvĭo, ĭi, ītum, 4, v. n. [lascivus], to be wanton, petulant, sportive, to sport, frisk, frolic (not freq. till after the Aug. per.).

Lit.: licet lascivire, dum nihil metuas, *Cic. Rep. 1, 40, 63:

Ap. Claudius ait, lascivire magis plebem quam saevire,

Liv. 2, 29, 9:

licentiam lasciviendi permittere militi,

Suet. Caes. 67:

eo principio lascivire miles,

Tac. A. 1, 16:

exsilit agnus Lascivitque fuga,

and wantonly frisks away, Ov. M. 7, 321; cf. Col. 6, 24:

angues... lascivientium piscium modo exsultasse,

Liv. 27, 5. — Poet.:

dextera lascivit caesa Tegeatide capra (of the Luperci, who wantonly struck at passers-by),

Sil. 13, 329:

ferratus lascivit apex,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 145:

quis lascivit aquis et ab aethere ludit,

Mart. 4, 3, 7. —Esp.:

in Venerem,

to be lascivious, Col. 6, 24, 2.—

Trop., to indulge in license of language or style (a favorite expression of Quintilian):

lascivimus syntonorum modis saltitantes,

Quint. 9, 4, 142; cf. id. 11, 1, 56:

toto et rerum et verborum et compositionis genere lasciviunt,

id. 4, 2, 39:

puerilibus sententiolis,

id. 12, 10, 73; cf. id. 9, 4, 28; 9, 4, 6:

Ovidius lascivire in Metamorphosesi solet,

Quint. 4, 1, 77.

Mīlētus, i, m., = Milêtos, the father of Caunus and Byblis, Ov. M. 9, 443.— Hence, Mīlētis, ĭdis, f., the daughter of Miletus:

moesta,

Ov. M. 9, 634.

Mīlētus ( - tos), i, f., = Milêtos, the city of Miletus, in Caria, the birthplace of Thales, Mel. 1, 17, 1; Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 112; Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2.—Esp., as a proverb for luxury and wantonness:

paupertas Romana perit, hinc fluxit ad istos et Sybaris colles, hinc et Rhodos et Miletos,

Juv. 6, 296. —Hence,

Mīlēsĭus, a, um, adj., = Milêsios, of or belonging to the city of Miletus, Milesian:

Milesia mulier,

Cic. Clu. 11, 32:

vellera,

Verg. G. 3, 306:

lana,

Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 33:

rosa,

id. 21, 4, 10, § 16: deus, i. e. Apollo, who had a temple and oracle at Miletus, App. M. 4, p. 157, 19:

Ceres,

Val. Max. 1, 1, 5: carmina, v. in the foll.—

Subst.

Mīlēsĭa, ae, f., Miletus:

propter Milesiae conditorem,

App. M. 4, p. 157, 29.—

Mīlēsii, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Miletus, Milesians, famous for their luxury and wantonness, Liv. 38, 39. 9;

hence, transf.: Milesia carmina,

wanton, lascivious songs, Ov. Tr. 2, 413:

sermo Milesius,

obscent stories, App. M. 1 init.; for which, as subst., Mīlēsĭae, ārum, f. plur. (sc. fabulae), Sev. Aug. ap. Capitol. Albin. 12.—

Mī-lētis, ĭdis, f. adj., of or belonging to Miletus, Milesian:

Miletida ad urbem, i. e. Tomi,

a colony of Milesians, Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 41.

Mīlētus, i, m., = Milêtos, the father of Caunus and Byblis, Ov. M. 9, 443.— Hence, Mīlētis, ĭdis, f., the daughter of Miletus:

moesta,

Ov. M. 9, 634.

Mīlētus ( - tos), i, f., = Milêtos, the city of Miletus, in Caria, the birthplace of Thales, Mel. 1, 17, 1; Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 112; Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2.—Esp., as a proverb for luxury and wantonness:

paupertas Romana perit, hinc fluxit ad istos et Sybaris colles, hinc et Rhodos et Miletos,

Juv. 6, 296. —Hence,

Mīlēsĭus, a, um, adj., = Milêsios, of or belonging to the city of Miletus, Milesian:

Milesia mulier,

Cic. Clu. 11, 32:

vellera,

Verg. G. 3, 306:

lana,

Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 33:

rosa,

id. 21, 4, 10, § 16: deus, i. e. Apollo, who had a temple and oracle at Miletus, App. M. 4, p. 157, 19:

Ceres,

Val. Max. 1, 1, 5: carmina, v. in the foll.—

Subst.

Mīlēsĭa, ae, f., Miletus:

propter Milesiae conditorem,

App. M. 4, p. 157, 29.—

Mīlēsii, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Miletus, Milesians, famous for their luxury and wantonness, Liv. 38, 39. 9;

hence, transf.: Milesia carmina,

wanton, lascivious songs, Ov. Tr. 2, 413:

sermo Milesius,

obscent stories, App. M. 1 init.; for which, as subst., Mīlēsĭae, ārum, f. plur. (sc. fabulae), Sev. Aug. ap. Capitol. Albin. 12.—

Mī-lētis, ĭdis, f. adj., of or belonging to Miletus, Milesian:

Miletida ad urbem, i. e. Tomi,

a colony of Milesians, Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 41.

Mīlētus, i, m., = Milêtos, the father of Caunus and Byblis, Ov. M. 9, 443.— Hence, Mīlētis, ĭdis, f., the daughter of Miletus:

moesta,

Ov. M. 9, 634.

Mīlētus ( - tos), i, f., = Milêtos, the city of Miletus, in Caria, the birthplace of Thales, Mel. 1, 17, 1; Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 112; Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2.—Esp., as a proverb for luxury and wantonness:

paupertas Romana perit, hinc fluxit ad istos et Sybaris colles, hinc et Rhodos et Miletos,

Juv. 6, 296. —Hence,

Mīlēsĭus, a, um, adj., = Milêsios, of or belonging to the city of Miletus, Milesian:

Milesia mulier,

Cic. Clu. 11, 32:

vellera,

Verg. G. 3, 306:

lana,

Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 33:

rosa,

id. 21, 4, 10, § 16: deus, i. e. Apollo, who had a temple and oracle at Miletus, App. M. 4, p. 157, 19:

Ceres,

Val. Max. 1, 1, 5: carmina, v. in the foll.—

Subst.

Mīlēsĭa, ae, f., Miletus:

propter Milesiae conditorem,

App. M. 4, p. 157, 29.—

Mīlēsii, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Miletus, Milesians, famous for their luxury and wantonness, Liv. 38, 39. 9;

hence, transf.: Milesia carmina,

wanton, lascivious songs, Ov. Tr. 2, 413:

sermo Milesius,

obscent stories, App. M. 1 init.; for which, as subst., Mīlēsĭae, ārum, f. plur. (sc. fabulae), Sev. Aug. ap. Capitol. Albin. 12.—

Mī-lētis, ĭdis, f. adj., of or belonging to Miletus, Milesian:

Miletida ad urbem, i. e. Tomi,

a colony of Milesians, Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 41.

Mīlētus, i, m., = Milêtos, the father of Caunus and Byblis, Ov. M. 9, 443.— Hence, Mīlētis, ĭdis, f., the daughter of Miletus:

moesta,

Ov. M. 9, 634.

Mīlētus ( - tos), i, f., = Milêtos, the city of Miletus, in Caria, the birthplace of Thales, Mel. 1, 17, 1; Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 112; Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2.—Esp., as a proverb for luxury and wantonness:

paupertas Romana perit, hinc fluxit ad istos et Sybaris colles, hinc et Rhodos et Miletos,

Juv. 6, 296. —Hence,

Mīlēsĭus, a, um, adj., = Milêsios, of or belonging to the city of Miletus, Milesian:

Milesia mulier,

Cic. Clu. 11, 32:

vellera,

Verg. G. 3, 306:

lana,

Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 33:

rosa,

id. 21, 4, 10, § 16: deus, i. e. Apollo, who had a temple and oracle at Miletus, App. M. 4, p. 157, 19:

Ceres,

Val. Max. 1, 1, 5: carmina, v. in the foll.—

Subst.

Mīlēsĭa, ae, f., Miletus:

propter Milesiae conditorem,

App. M. 4, p. 157, 29.—

Mīlēsii, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Miletus, Milesians, famous for their luxury and wantonness, Liv. 38, 39. 9;

hence, transf.: Milesia carmina,

wanton, lascivious songs, Ov. Tr. 2, 413:

sermo Milesius,

obscent stories, App. M. 1 init.; for which, as subst., Mīlēsĭae, ārum, f. plur. (sc. fabulae), Sev. Aug. ap. Capitol. Albin. 12.—

Mī-lētis, ĭdis, f. adj., of or belonging to Miletus, Milesian:

Miletida ad urbem, i. e. Tomi,

a colony of Milesians, Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 41.

Mīlētus, i, m., = Milêtos, the father of Caunus and Byblis, Ov. M. 9, 443.— Hence, Mīlētis, ĭdis, f., the daughter of Miletus:

moesta,

Ov. M. 9, 634.

Mīlētus ( - tos), i, f., = Milêtos, the city of Miletus, in Caria, the birthplace of Thales, Mel. 1, 17, 1; Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 112; Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2.—Esp., as a proverb for luxury and wantonness:

paupertas Romana perit, hinc fluxit ad istos et Sybaris colles, hinc et Rhodos et Miletos,

Juv. 6, 296. —Hence,

Mīlēsĭus, a, um, adj., = Milêsios, of or belonging to the city of Miletus, Milesian:

Milesia mulier,

Cic. Clu. 11, 32:

vellera,

Verg. G. 3, 306:

lana,

Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 33:

rosa,

id. 21, 4, 10, § 16: deus, i. e. Apollo, who had a temple and oracle at Miletus, App. M. 4, p. 157, 19:

Ceres,

Val. Max. 1, 1, 5: carmina, v. in the foll.—

Subst.

Mīlēsĭa, ae, f., Miletus:

propter Milesiae conditorem,

App. M. 4, p. 157, 29.—

Mīlēsii, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Miletus, Milesians, famous for their luxury and wantonness, Liv. 38, 39. 9;

hence, transf.: Milesia carmina,

wanton, lascivious songs, Ov. Tr. 2, 413:

sermo Milesius,

obscent stories, App. M. 1 init.; for which, as subst., Mīlēsĭae, ārum, f. plur. (sc. fabulae), Sev. Aug. ap. Capitol. Albin. 12.—

Mī-lētis, ĭdis, f. adj., of or belonging to Miletus, Milesian:

Miletida ad urbem, i. e. Tomi,

a colony of Milesians, Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 41.

pā̆tro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [etym. dub.; prob. from root pat- of pateo, q. v.; cf. Gr. patos], to bring to pass, execute, perform, achieve, accomplish, bring about, effect, finish, conclude (rarely used by Cic., by Cæs. not at all; syn.: conficio, perago, perpetro).

In gen.:

ubi sementim patraveris,

Cato, R. R. 54:

conata,

Lucr. 5, 385:

operibus patratis,

Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 19:

promissa,

id. Att. 1, 14, 7:

bellum,

to bring the war to an end, Sall. J. 75, 2; Vell. 2, 79, 3; 123; Tac. A. 2, 26; Flor. 2, 15, 1; cf. Quint. 8, 3, 44:

incepta,

Sall. J. 70, 5:

facinus,

id. C. 18, 8; Liv. 23, 8 fin.:

consilia,

Sall. J 13, 5:

cuncta,

id. C. 53, 4:

pacem,

to conclude a peace, Liv. 44, 25:

jusjurandum, as pater patratus (v. infra),

to pronounce the customary form of oath in making a treaty, id. 1, 24, 6:

jussa,

to execute, Tac. H. 4, 83:

patrata victoria,

obtained, gained, id. A. 13, 41 fin.:

patrati remedii gloria,

the glory of the effected cure, id. H. 4, 81 multas mortes jussu Messalinae patratas, id. A. 11, 28.—

In partic., in mal. part.: patranti fractus ocello. i. e. with a lascivious eye, Pers. 1, 18:

sunt lusci oculi atque patrantes,

Anthol. Lat. 3, 160, 3. (Cf., respecting the accessory notion of patrare, Quint. 8, 3, 44.)— Part. perf.: pā̆trātus, act. (as if from patror, āri), in the phrase pater patratus, the fetial priest, who ratified a treaty with religious rites: pater patratus ad jusjurandum patrandum, id est sanciendum fit foedus, Liv 1, 24, 6; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 53; 10, 14; 12, 206.

pĕtŭlans, antis, adj. [prop. part. of the obsol. petulo, from peto, qs. falling upon or assailing in jest, i. e.], forward, pert, saucy, impudent, wanton, freakish, petulant.

In gen. (class.;

syn.: protervus, lascivus, procax): petulantes et petulci etiam appellantur, qui protervo impetu, et crebro petunt laedendi alterius gratiā,

Fest. p. 206 Müll.:

homo,

Cic. de Or. 2, 75, 305:

effuse petulans,

id. Pis. 5, 10:

animalia,

Gell. 17, 20, 8:

pictura,

Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 140:

petulans et furiosum genus dicendi,

Cic. Brut. 68, 241:

Tarentum,

Juv. 6, 297.— Comp., Arn. 4, 151.— Sup.:

imitatio petulantissima,

Petr. 92.—

In partic., wanton, lascivious (class.):

si petulans fuisset in aliquā generosā nobili virgine,

Cic. Par. 3, 1, 20.— Adv.: pĕtŭlanter, pertly, wantonly, impudently, petulantly (class.):

in aliquem invehi,

Cic. Att. 2, 19, 3:

vivere,

id. Cael. 16, 38.— Comp.:

petulantius,

Cic. Cael. 3, 6. — Sup.:

petulantissime,

Cic. Att. 9, 19, 1.

pĕtŭlans, antis, adj. [prop. part. of the obsol. petulo, from peto, qs. falling upon or assailing in jest, i. e.], forward, pert, saucy, impudent, wanton, freakish, petulant.

In gen. (class.;

syn.: protervus, lascivus, procax): petulantes et petulci etiam appellantur, qui protervo impetu, et crebro petunt laedendi alterius gratiā,

Fest. p. 206 Müll.:

homo,

Cic. de Or. 2, 75, 305:

effuse petulans,

id. Pis. 5, 10:

animalia,

Gell. 17, 20, 8:

pictura,

Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 140:

petulans et furiosum genus dicendi,

Cic. Brut. 68, 241:

Tarentum,

Juv. 6, 297.— Comp., Arn. 4, 151.— Sup.:

imitatio petulantissima,

Petr. 92.—

In partic., wanton, lascivious (class.):

si petulans fuisset in aliquā generosā nobili virgine,

Cic. Par. 3, 1, 20.— Adv.: pĕtŭlanter, pertly, wantonly, impudently, petulantly (class.):

in aliquem invehi,

Cic. Att. 2, 19, 3:

vivere,

id. Cael. 16, 38.— Comp.:

petulantius,

Cic. Cael. 3, 6. — Sup.:

petulantissime,

Cic. Att. 9, 19, 1.

prūrīgĭnōsus, a, um, adj. [prurigo].

Having the itch, scabby, pruriginous, Dig. 21, 1, 3.—

Lecherous, lascivious, Auct. Priap. 64.

sătyrus, i, m., = saturos.

A kind of ape, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 24; 5, 8, 8, § 44; 10, 72, 93, § 199; Sol. 27 fin. —

A Satyr, one of the satyri, a kind of wood-deities resembling apes, with two goat ' s feet, and very lascivious; sing., Ov. M. 6, 110; 6, 383; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 125; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 135; Sil. 3, 103.—Commonly plur.:

capripedes Satyros,

Lucr. 4, 580; Hor. C. 2, 19, 4; 1, 1, 31; id. Ep. 1, 19, 4; id. A. P. 221 sq.; Ov. F. 1, 397; id. M. 1, 193; 1, 692; 4, 25; Cic. N. D. 3, 17, 43 al.—

Like the Gr. Saturoi, Greek satiric plays:

satyrorum scriptor,

Hor. A. P. 235:

satyri dicaces,

id. ib. 226:

protervi,

id. ib. 233.

Sīlēnus, i, m., = Seilênos.

Silenus, the tutor and constant attendant of Bacchus; represented as baldheaded, with short horns and a flat nose, as drunken, lascivious, and mounted on an ass, Hor. A. P. 239; Verg. E. 6, 14; Ov. A. A. 1, 543; id. F. 1, 399; 1, 413; 6, 339; id. M. 11, 90; 11, 99; Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 114; Hyg. Fab. 191.— Plur.: Sīlēni, gods of the woods, satyrs, Cat. 64, 252; Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 110; cf. Serv. Verg. E. 6, 14.—

A Greek historian, Cic. Div. 1, 24, 49; Liv. 26, 49; Nep. Hann. 13, 3; Plin. 4, 22, 36, § 120.