salax

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

sălax, ācis, adj. [salio; cf. sagax, from sagio].

I Fond of leaping , esp. of male animals, lustful , lecherous , salacious : galli, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 5: aries, Ov. F. 4, 771: salaciora animalia, Lact. Opif. Dei, 14: salacissimi mares, Col. 7, 9, 1; 8, 2, 9: cauda, Hor. S. 1, 2, 45.—Vulgarly applied to Priapus: deus, Auct. Priap. 14, 1; 34, 1; and sarcastically: salacissimus Juppiter, Sen. ap. Lact. 1, 16, 10.—

II Poet. transf., that provokes lust , provocative : erucae, Ov. R. Am. 799: bulbi, Mart. 3, 75, 3: herba, i.e. eruca, Ov. A. A. 2, 422; Mart. 10, 48, 10.

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