Answer by C. M. Weimer for How to translate "sexy"?
You know how in Greek there are three different words for love depending on what exactly you mean? The English 'sexy' is similar. However, the best I can think of is illecebrosus, -a, -um. From Lewis...
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I know the word "formosa" can apply to someone "well-formed" and therefore "beautiful." Catullus once did a poem describing the word (and a girl named Quintia) in detail.If your definition of sexy...
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Something/ someone deemed to be "sexy" is stimulating to the eye/ arousing so verb, "excito" = "rouse up; "wake up"; "raise", "erect"; "arouse" (Oxford) in a present-participle, giving:"me excitans" =...
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My first thought was also venustus -a -um, a fortiori b/c venus, after all, = “sex.” The question as to what is the most fitting translation leads to the question what the word (in English) means. My...
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How would one translate “sexy” into Latin? In particular, I’m looking for a word or phrase that has a similar “slangy” feel to the English version.I’ve considered a few possibilities: Catullus 10 lead...
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