festive
αἰθὴρ δ᾽ ἐλαφραῖς πτερύγων ῥιπαῖς ὑποσυρίζει (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 126) → The bright air fanned | whistles and shrills with rapid beat of wings.
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
See festal.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
festīvē: adv., v. festivus.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
fēstīvē¹⁴ (festivus),
1 joyeusement : Pl. Ps. 1254
2 avec agrément, avec grâce, ingénieusement : Cic. Dej. 19 ; Div. 2, 35, etc.
Latin > German (Georges)
fēstīvē, Adv. (festus), I) anmutig, niedlich, nach Herzenslust, alqm accipere (bewirten), Plaut. Pseud. 1254a. – Comparat., Hieron. epist. 31, 2. – Superl., Trag. inc. fr. 223. – II) (in bezug auf die Rede usw.) nett, launig, schalkhaft, belle et f., Cic.: a te actam fabellam video esse f., Cic.: festivissime inquit, Gell.
Latin > English
festive festivior, festivissime ADV :: festively, with feasting; delightfully, neatly; amusingly, humorously, wittily
