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protervitas

protervitas, wantonness, pertness, sauciness, impudence

prŏtervĭtas, ātis, f. [protervus],
  • pertness, sauciness, boldness, impudence (class.): protervitas levior est quaedam contumelia, procacitas major, petulantia maxima, Don. Ter. Heaut. 814: coërcere protervitatem, Pac. ap. Non. 121, 15 (protervitates, acc. to Fest. s. v. redhostire, p. 270 Müll.); Ter. Heaut. 814; Cic. Cael. 12, 29: urit me Glycerae nitor, Urit grata protervitas, forwardness, wantonness, Hor. C. 1, 19, 7.

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