playful
playful
adj.
Ar. and P. φῐλοπαίσμων, P. παιδικός.
adj.
Ar. and P. φῐλοπαίσμων, P. παιδικός.
PLAYFUL PLAYSOME
lascivus (from exuberant spirits etc): lascivibundus (Plaut.): lasciviens: ludicer -cra -crum (serving the purpose of sport amusement etc.; e.g. exercitatio; of things): jocosus (what is full of jokes causes jokes mirth etc.; of persons or things): jocularis: jocularius (belonging to the class of things that are found entertaining laughable etc.; of things): ludibundus (acting in a playful manner; Plaut. Liv. 24 16; of persons).
lascivus (from exuberant spirits etc): lascivibundus (Plaut.): lasciviens: ludicer -cra -crum (serving the purpose of sport amusement etc.; e.g. exercitatio; of things): jocosus (what is full of jokes causes jokes mirth etc.; of persons or things): jocularis: jocularius (belonging to the class of things that are found entertaining laughable etc.; of things): ludibundus (acting in a playful manner; Plaut. Liv. 24 16; of persons).
playful:
1. lascīvus (frolicsome; full of animal spirits and joyousness): a p. kid, l. capella, Virg. E. 2, 64 p. words become one at play, ludentem lasciva (verba) decent, Hor. A. P. 107. Join: l. et hilare, Quint. 6, 3, 27. In p. humour, lūdĭbundus: Liv. 24, 16: Suet.
2. jŏcōsus (mirthful, sportive): v.SPORTIVE , MERRY . (Ludicer, cra, crum = relating to sport or games, esp. of a public kind, also, serving for recreation.) Phr.: to indite p. strains, ludere, Virg. E. 1, 10: a p. writer, *scriptor hilaris et ludo facetiisque plenus.
1. lascīvus (frolicsome; full of animal spirits and joyousness): a p. kid, l. capella, Virg. E. 2, 64 p. words become one at play, ludentem lasciva (verba) decent, Hor. A. P. 107. Join: l. et hilare, Quint. 6, 3, 27. In p. humour, lūdĭbundus: Liv. 24, 16: Suet.
2. jŏcōsus (mirthful, sportive): v.