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Latin
Etymology
Unclear. Based on manuscript variants starting with propt-, it has been proposed to derive from an original *pro-petes-wo- (from the root of petō) with a change of /sw/ to /rw/ as in Minerva. Donatus interpreted it as a derivative of prōterō + -vus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
protervus (feminine proterva, neuter protervum, comparative protervior); first/second-declension adjective
- violent, vehement
- reckless, wanton, shameless, impudent
- audacious
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Pultrová, Lucie (2022) The Category of Comparison in Latin, page 94
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “protervus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 494
- ^ “protervus” in volume 10, part 2, column 2273, line 42 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present
Further reading
- “protervus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “protervus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- protervus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.