procax

Latin

Etymology

Derived from proc(ō) (“I ask, demand”) +‎ -āx (“inclined to”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.kaːks/, [ˈprɔkäːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.kaks/, [ˈprɔːkäks]

Adjective

procāx (genitive procācis, superlative procācissimus, adverb procāciter); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. bold, brash, shameless, impudent, insolent, forward, pert, saucy, wanton

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	procāx			procācēs	procācia
Genitive	procācis			procācium
Dative	procācī			procācibus
Accusative	procācem	procāx		procācēs	procācia
Ablative	procācī			procācibus
Vocative	procāx			procācēs	procācia

Derived terms

• procācitās

Descendants

• → Catalan: procaç (learned)
• Italian: procace
• Portuguese: procace, procaz
• Spanish: procaz

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.