iactanter

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Latin[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

iactāns +‎ -ter

Adverb[edit]

iactanter (comparative iactantius, superlative iactantissimē)

  1. arrogantly, boastfully

Usage notes[edit]

The comparative iactantius is attested in Tacitus’ Annals (c. 117 CE), but iactanter otherwise appears only from Late Latin on.

References[edit]

  • “iactanter”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • jactanter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Souter, Alexander (1949) “iactanter”, in A Glossary of Later Latin to 600 A.D.‎[1], 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 1957, page 180
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