procacia

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin procācia (shamelessness).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /proˈkat͡ʃa/, [pr̺oˈkaː.t͡ʃa]
  • Rhymes: -atʃa
  • Hyphenation: pro‧cà‧cia

Noun

procacia f (plural procacie)

  1. (archaic, literary) impudence, insolence, shamelessness
  2. (by extension, literary) sexual provocativeness or attractiveness

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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

  1. nominative neuter plural of procāx
  2. accusative neuter plural of procāx
  3. vocative neuter plural of procāx

Etymology 2

Derived from procāx (shameless) + -ia (abstract noun-forming suffix).

Noun

procācia f (genitive procāciae); first declension

  1. (Late Latin) shamelessness, impudence
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

References

  • procacia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • procacia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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