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1 procax
prŏcax, ācis, adj. [id.], bold, shameless, impudent, insolent, forward, pert, wanton (class.; syn.: petulans, protervus).A.Of persons:B.leno procax, rapax, trahax,
Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 6:procaciores estis vos,
id. Truc. 1, 2, 52:non solum meretrix, sed etiam procax,
Cic. Cael. 20, 49:procax in lacessendo,
id. Fam. 7, 13, 2:procax ore,
Tac. H. 2, 23:ingenio,
id. A. 14, 15:lingua,
id. ib. 1, 16:moribus,
id. H. 3, 62.—With gen.:procax otii, i. e. in otio,
Tac. A. 13, 46. —Of things:procaces manus,
Plin. 22, 6, 7, § 17:Fescennina locutio,
Cat. 61, 126:sermo,
Sall. C. 25, 5:libertas,
Phaedr. 1, 2, 2:nequitiae procaciores,
Mart. 5, 2, 3:aliquem procacibus scriptis diffamare,
Tac. A. 1, 72:procacissima lixarum ingenia,
id. H. 2, 87:mulier meretrix et procax,
Vulg. Ezech. 16, 30.—Of the vine: maritas populos complexae, atque per ramos earum procacibus brachiis scandentes, with wanton arms, i. e. entwining tendrils, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 10.— Poet.:Auster,
i. e. stormy, Verg. A. 1, 536.—Hence, adv.: prŏcācĭter, boldly, impudently, wantonly (not in Cic. or Cæs.):finem procaciter orto sermoni imponere,
Curt. 8, 1, 32: procacius stipendium flagitare quam ex modestiā militari. Liv. 28, 24; Tac. A. 5, 4:procacissime patris tui memoriam illudunt,
Curt. 8, 1, 34:vultum obfirmare,
Vulg. Prov. 21, 29.
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