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Latin
Etymology
From protervus (“violent, wanton”) + -tās.
Noun
protervitās f (genitive protervitātis); third declension
- pertness, sauciness, boldness, impudence
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “protervitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “protervitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- protervitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.