procācitās
Meaning
- boldness, shamelessness, impudence
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Petulans · Procax · Protervus · Lascivus
The petulans (σπαταλῶν) sins against modestia through wantonness, raillery, and needless attack; the procax, through importunity and boisterous forwardness; the protervus (from proterere? or ταράξαι?) from impetuosity and haughty recklessness; the lascivus, through unrestrained frolicksomeness and inclination for play. Hence petulantia has its foundation in aversion to rest and quietness, or in the love of mischief; procacitas, in assurance or complete impudence; protervitas, in a feeling of strength, or in insolence; lascivia, in high spirits, or the want of seriousness. (iii. 40.)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | procācitās | procācitātēs |
| genitive | procācitātis | procācitātum |
| dative | procācitātī | procācitātibus |
| accusative | procācitātem | procācitātēs |
| ablative | procācitāte | procācitātibus |
| vocative | procācitās | procācitātēs |
itaque a petendo petulantia, a procando, id est poscendo, procacitas nominata est, Cic. Rep. 4, 6, 19 (ap. Non. 23, 19): procacitatem alicujus coërcere, Nep. Timol. 5, 2: procacitatis et petulantiae certamen, Tac. H. 3, 11: lepida, Mart. 2, 41, 17: galli gallinacei, lechery, Col. 8, 2, 15.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin procācitās From procāx + -tās.
- Italianprocacità
- Spanishprocacidad
In English words that came into English from procācitās
- procacityprocācitās