petulantia

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Latin

Etymology

From petulāns +‎ -ia.

Noun

petulantia f (genitive petulantiae); first declension

  1. impudence
  2. wantonness
  3. petulance

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

  • Italian: petulanza
  • Spanish: petulancia

Adjective

petulantia

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of petulāns

References

  • petulantia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • petulantia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • petulantia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.