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Prŏca, ae, m., v. Procas.

prŏcācĭa, ae, f. [procax], boldness, shamelessness, impudence (post-class.), Aus. Ep. 22 init.

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

prŏcācĭter, adv., v. procax fin.

procălāre, provocare ex Graeco καλεῖν, id est voco, Paul. ex Fest. p. 225 Müll.

prŏcăpis, progenies, quae ab uno capite procedit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 225 Müll.

Prŏcas and Prŏca, ae, m., a king of Alba: Proca Numitorem atque Amulium procreat, Liv. 1, 3, 9; Ov M. 14, 622; id. F. 4, 52; 6, 143: proximus ille Procas, Verg. A. 6, 767.

prŏcātĭo, ōnis, f. [proco], a demanding in marriage, a suing, wooing (post-class.), App. Mag. p. 320, 3.

prŏcax, ācis, adj. [proco], bold, shameless, impudent, insolent, forward, pert, wanton (class.; syn.: petulans, protervus).

  1. A. Of persons: leno procax, rapax, trahax, Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 6: procaciores estis vos, id. Truc. 1, 2, 52: non solum meretrix, sed etiam procax, Cic. Cael. 20, 49: procax in lacessendo, id. Fam. 7, 13, 2: procax ore, Tac. H. 2, 23: ingenio, id. A. 14, 15: lingua, id. ib. 1, 16: moribus, id. H. 3, 62.
    With gen.: procax otii, i. e. in otio, Tac. A. 13, 46.
  2. B. Of things: procaces manus, Plin. 22, 6, 7, § 17: Fescennina locutio, Cat. 61, 126: sermo, Sall. C. 25, 5: libertas, Phaedr. 1, 2, 2: nequitiae procaciores, Mart. 5, 2, 3: aliquem procacibus scriptis diffamare, Tac. A. 1, 72: procacissima lixarum ingenia, id. H. 2, 87: mulier meretrix et procax, Vulg. Ezech. 16, 30.
    Of the vine: maritas populos complexae, atque per ramos earum procacibus brachiis scandentes, with wanton arms, i. e. entwining tendrils, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 10.
    Poet.: Auster, i. e. stormy, Verg. A. 1, 536.
    Hence, adv.: prŏcācĭter, boldly, impudently, wantonly (not in Cic. or Cæs.): finem procaciter orto sermoni imponere, Curt. 8, 1, 32: procacius stipendium flagitare quam ex modestiā militari. Liv. 28, 24; Tac. A. 5, 4: procacissime patris tui memoriam illudunt, Curt. 8, 1, 34: vultum obfirmare, Vulg. Prov. 21, 29.