salax
πάλαι ποτ' ἦσαν ἄλκιμοι Μιλήσιοι → the Milesians were mighty once
Latin > English
salax (gen.), salacis ADJ :: lecherous/lustful; highly sexed, eager for sex, lascivious; aphrodisiac; hot
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.
Latin > German (Georges)
salāx, ācis, Abl. ācī (v. salio, springen), I) zum Bespringen, zur Begattung geneigt, geil, v. männl. Tieren, aries, Ov.: gallus, Varro: salaciora animalia, Lact.: gallinacei mares salacissimi, Plin. – v. a. männl. Wesen, salax deus, v. Priapus, P iap. 14, 1 u. 34, 1; v. Jupiter, Arnob. 4, 22: salacissimus Iuppiter, Sen. bei Lact. 1, 16, 10 (= Sen. fr. 119 ed. Haase). – II) übtr., Geilheit erregend, geil machend, taberna, Catull. 37, 1: eruca, Ov. u.a.: herba (= eruca), Ov. u. Mart.
