noun

prŏcācĭtas

gen. ātis · gender feminine · decl. 3rd

boldness; shamelessness; impudence ••

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. Timol. 5, 2: procacitatis et petulantiae certamen, Tac. H. 3, 11: lepida, Mart. 2, 41, 17: galli gallinacei, lechery, Col. 8, 2, 15.

Perseus ID: n38428 Key: procacitas