prŏtervĭter

prŏtervus, a, um, adj. [protero; qs. trampling on every thing; hence], violent, vehement.

Lit. ( poet.):

venti,

Hor. C. 1, 26, 2:

Africus,

id. Epod. 16, 22:

Eurus,

Ov. H. 11, 14:

stella canis,

scorching, oppressive, id. Am. 2, 16, 4.—

Trop., forward, bold, pert, wanton, shameless, impudent (class.; generally milder than procax and petulans; v. protervitas): petulans protervo animo sum, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 3, 1:

homo,

Cic. Fin. 5, 12, 35; 1, 18, 61:

dictum aut factum,

id. ib. 2, 14, 47:

vidua,

id. Cael. 16, 38:

Satyri, turba proterva,

Ov. H. 5, 136:

juvenes,

Hor. C. 1, 25, 2:

rixae,

id. ib. 3, 14, 26:

frons,

id. ib. 2, 5, 15:

oculi,

Ov. H. 17, 77:

manus,

id. M. 5, 671:

Musa,

id. R. Am. 362:

lingua,

id. Ib. 520:

sal protervum,

ribald wit, Mart. 10, 9, 2.— Comp.:

meretrix protervior,

Just. 30, 2, 2.—Hence, adv., in two forms, proterve and proterviter.

prŏtervē.

In a bad sense, boldly, wantonly, shamelessly, impudently (class.):

aedes arietare,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 1:

proterve iracundus,

Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 53 (immoderate, superbe, Don.):

consectans aliquem proterve,

Cic. Rep. 1, 44, 68.— Comp., Ov. A. A. 1, 599.— Sup., Aug. Civ. Dei, 5, 22.—

In a good sense, boldly, with spirit:

confidenter pro se et proterve loqui,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 207.—

prŏtervĭter, boldly, wantonly, shamelessly, impudently, Enn. ap. Non. 513, 11 (Com. v. 8 Vahl.).