procax

Latin

Etymology

Derived from proc(ō) (“I ask, demand”) +‎ -āx (“inclined to”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

procāx (genitive procācis, superlative procācissimus, adverb procāciter); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. bold, brash, shameless, impudent, insolent, forward, pert, saucy, wanton

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative procāx procācēs procācia
genitive procācis procācium
dative procācī procācibus
accusative procācem procāx procācēs procācia
ablative procācī procācibus
vocative procāx procācēs procācia

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Catalan: procaç (learned)
  • Italian: procace
  • → Portuguese: procace, procaz (learned)
  • → Spanish: procaz (learned)

References

  • “procax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “procax”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "procax", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • procax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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