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.