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lasciviam

lasciviam is a Latin form of lascivio, meaning “frolic, play; run riot; (lascivia) playfulness, wantonness”.

It can also be a form of lascivia, “playfulness; wantonness”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun.

Found 31 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum 66: … ompositis inter se rebus in diem tertium constituunt, quod is festus celebratusque per omnem Africam ludum et lasciuiam magis quam formidinem ostentabat. Sed ubi tempus fuit, centuriones tribunosque militaris et ipsum praefectum …

Tacitus, Agricola 5.2: nec Agricola licenter, more iuvenum qui militiam in lasciviam vertunt, neque segniter ad voluptates et commeatus titulum tribunatus et inscitiam rettulit: sed noscere prov …

All forms of lascivio (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.