I.bold, shameless, impudent, insolent, forward, pert, wanton (class.; syn.: petulans, protervus).
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. —
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.
