protervus

Latin

Etymology

From prōterō +‎ -vus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proˈter.u̯us/, [prɔˈt̪ɛru̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈter.vus/, [proˈt̪ɛrvus]

Adjective

protervus (feminine proterva, neuter protervum, comparative protervior); first/second-declension adjective

1. violent, vehement
2. reckless, wanton, shameless, impudent
3. audacious

Usage notes

• "prōtervus" according to some authors.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	protervus	proterva	protervum		protervī	protervae	proterva
Genitive	protervī	protervae	protervī		protervōrum	protervārum	protervōrum
Dative	protervō		protervō		protervīs
Accusative	protervum	protervam	protervum		protervōs	protervās	proterva
Ablative	protervō	protervā	protervō		protervīs
Vocative	proterve	proterva	protervum		protervī	protervae	proterva

Derived terms

• proterviō

Descendants

• Italian: protervo
• Portuguese: protervo

References

• “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.