procacia

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin procācia (“shamelessness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /proˈka.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

Synonyms

• (all senses): procacità
• (impudence): impudenza, insolenza, sfacciataggine
• (provocativeness): lascivia, sensualità

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “all senses”): pudore
• (antonym(s) of “impudence”): modestia, umiltà
• (antonym(s) of “provocativeness”): castità, pudicizia

Anagrams

• acciarpo, acciarpò, accorpai, caproica

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proˈkaː.ki.a/, [prɔˈkäːkiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈka.t͡ʃi.a/, [proˈkäːt͡ʃiä]

Etymology 1

Form of procāx.

Adjective

procācia

1. nominative/accusative/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

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	procācia	procāciae
Genitive	procāciae	procāciārum
Dative	procāciae	procāciīs
Accusative	procāciam	procāciās
Ablative	procāciā	procāciīs
Vocative	procācia	procāciae

Descendants

• Italian: procacia

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.