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procacia
procacia
Italian
Noun
procacia f (plural procacie)
- (archaic, literary) impudence, insolence, shamelessness
- (by extension, literary) sexual provocativeness or attractiveness
Synonyms
- (all senses): procacità
- (1): impudenza, insolenza, sfacciataggine
- (2): lascivia, sensualità
Antonyms
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /proˈkaː.ki.a/, [prɔˈkaː.ki.a]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /proˈka.t͡ʃi.a/, [proˈkaː.t͡ʃi.a]
Etymology 1
Form of procāx.
Adjective
procācia
- nominative neuter plural of procāx
- accusative neuter plural of procāx
- vocative neuter plural of procāx
Etymology 2
Derived from procāx (“shameless”) + -ia (“abstract noun-forming suffix”).
Noun
procācia f (genitive procāciae); first declension
Inflection
First declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | procācia | procāciae |
genitive | procāciae | procāciārum |
dative | procāciae | procāciīs |
accusative | procāciam | procāciās |
ablative | procāciā | procāciīs |
vocative | procācia | procāciae |
Descendants
- Italian: procacia
References
- procacia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “procacia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.