playful Copy link Outline 1. lascīvus (frolicsome; full of animal spirits and joyousness)2. jŏcōsus (mirthful, sportive) • 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.