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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
- bold, brash, shameless, impudent, insolent, forward, pert, saucy, wanton
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
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.