procax

== Latin == === Etymology === Derived from proc(ō) (“to ask, demand”) +‎ -āx (“inclined to”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈprɔ.kaːks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈprɔː.kaks] === 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 ==== procācia procācitās ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: procaç (learned) Italian: procace → Portuguese: procace, procaz (learned) → Spanish: procaz (learned) === 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, 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.