sportive Copy link Outline 1. jŏcōsus (prop. of language only)2. lūdĭcer, cra, crum (partaking of the nature of sport or recreation)3. festīvus (suited for a festive occasion, merry)4. lascīvus (playful, like young animals) • sportive: 1. jŏcōsus (prop. of language only): to sing s. words, j. canere verba, Ov. F. 6, 692: s. echo, j. imago, Hor. Od. 1, 12, 3. Also of acts: s. theft, j. furtum, ib. 1, 10, 8. 2. lūdĭcer, cra, crum (partaking of the nature of sport or recreation): to take delight in s. exercise, l. exercitatione delectari, Cic. N. D. 1, 27, init.: versifying and such like s. employment, versus et cetera l., Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 10. 3. festīvus (suited for a festive occasion, merry): v. merry. 4. lascīvus (playful, like young animals): more s. than a young kid, tenero lascivior haedo, Ov. M. 13, 791: s. (playful) language, l. verba, Hor. A. P. 107. So, to be s., lascivire, Ov.: Col. Phr.: to produce s. effusions, ludere (aliquid), Hor. Od. 4, 9, 9: Virg.