salax
Ἑκὼν σεαυτὸν τῇ Κλωθοῖ συνεπιδίδου παρέχων συννῆσαι οἷστισί ποτε πράγμασι βούλεται. Πᾶν ἐφήμερον, καὶ τὸ μνημονεῦον καὶ τὸ μνημονευόμενον → Be willing to give yourself up to Clotho, letting her spin to whatever ends she pleases. All is ephemeral—both memory and the object of memory (Marcus Aurelius 4.34f.)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
sălāx,¹³ ācis (salio), lascif, lubrique : Varro R. 3, 9, 5 ; Hor. S. 1, 2, 45 || [poét.] aphrodisiaque : Ov. Rem. 799 ; herba salax Ov. Ars 2, 422, roquette || salacior Lact. Opif. 14 ; -issimus Col. Rust. 7, 9, 1.
