"protervus" meaning in Latin

See protervus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [prɔˈtɛr.wʊs] [Classical-Latin], [proˈtɛr.vus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Unclear. Based on manuscript variants starting with propt-, it has been proposed to derive from an original *pro-petes-wo- (from the root of petō) with a change of /sw/ to /rw/ as in Minerva. Donatus interpreted it as a derivative of prōterō + -vus. Etymology templates: {{unk|la|Unclear}} Unclear, {{suffix|la|prōterō|vus}} prōterō + -vus Head templates: {{la-adj|protervus|comp=protervior}} protervus (feminine proterva, neuter protervum, comparative protervior); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|protervus}} Forms: proterva [feminine], protervum [neuter], protervior [comparative], no-table-tags [table-tags], protervus [masculine, nominative, singular], proterva [feminine, nominative, singular], protervum [neuter, nominative, singular], protervī [masculine, nominative, plural], protervae [feminine, nominative, plural], proterva [neuter, nominative, plural], protervī [genitive, masculine, singular], protervae [feminine, genitive, singular], protervī [genitive, neuter, singular], protervōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], protervārum [feminine, genitive, plural], protervōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], protervō [dative, masculine, singular], protervae [dative, feminine, singular], protervō [dative, neuter, singular], protervīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], protervum [accusative, masculine, singular], protervam [accusative, feminine, singular], protervum [accusative, neuter, singular], protervōs [accusative, masculine, plural], protervās [accusative, feminine, plural], proterva [accusative, neuter, plural], protervō [ablative, masculine, singular], protervā [ablative, feminine, singular], protervō [ablative, neuter, singular], protervīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], proterve [masculine, singular, vocative], proterva [feminine, singular, vocative], protervum [neuter, singular, vocative], protervī [masculine, plural, vocative], protervae [feminine, plural, vocative], proterva [neuter, plural, vocative], proptervus [alternative], protervos [alternative]
  1. violent, vehement Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-protervus-la-adj-ee2aii35 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin terms suffixed with -vus, Latin terms where prefixed pro- is short, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 73 12 14 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -vus: 100 0 0 Disambiguation of Latin terms where prefixed pro- is short: 72 13 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 100 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 100 0 0
  2. reckless, wanton, shameless, impudent Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-protervus-la-adj-tjvxZcva
  3. audacious Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-protervus-la-adj-V6U~Xy1y
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: proterviō

Inflected forms

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      "word": "protervo"
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      "lang_code": "es",
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      "form": "protervior",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "protervae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "protervō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "protervīs",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
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        "plural"
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "protervam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "protervum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "protervā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "protervō",
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        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
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    {
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      "form": "proptervus",
      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "[prɔˈtɛr.wʊs]",
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      "ipa": "[proˈtɛr.vus]",
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      "form": "protervō",
      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "protervum",
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      "form": "protervā",
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        "ablative",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "protervae",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
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    {
      "form": "proterva",
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          "wanton",
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          "shameless",
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        [
          "impudent",
          "impudent"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "audacious"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "audacious",
          "audacious"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[prɔˈtɛr.wʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[proˈtɛr.vus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "protervus"
}

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