procacitas

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

prŏcācĭtas, ātis, f. [procax],

boldness , shamelessness , impudence (class.): itaque a petendo petulantia, a procando, id est poscendo, procacitas nominata est, Cic. Rep. 4, 6, 19 (ap. Non. 23, 19): procacitatem alicujus coërcere, Nep. Timo l. 5, 2: procacitatis et petulantiae certamen, Tac. H. 3, 11: lepida, Mart. 2, 41, 17: galli gallinacei, lechery , Col. 8, 2, 15.

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