procax

prŏcax, ācis, adj. [id.], bold, shameless, impudent, insolent, forward, pert, wanton (class.; syn.: petulans, protervus).

A.

Of persons:

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. —

B.

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.