Adjective: protervus
Hyphenation:
Declension: First, Second
Nominative
| Singular masc. | protervus |
| Singular fem. | proterva |
| Singular neut. | protervum |
| Plural masc. | protervī |
| Plural fem. | protervae |
| Plural neut. | proterva |
Genitive
| Singular masc. | protervī |
| Singular fem. | protervae |
| Singular neut. | protervī |
| Plural masc. | protervōrum |
| Plural fem. | protervārum |
| Plural neut. | protervōrum |
Dative
| Singular masc. | protervō |
| Singular fem. | protervae |
| Singular neut. | protervō |
| Plural masc. | protervīs |
| Plural fem. | protervīs |
| Plural neut. | protervīs |
Accusative
| Singular masc. | protervum |
| Singular fem. | protervam |
| Singular neut. | protervum |
| Plural masc. | protervōs |
| Plural fem. | protervās |
| Plural neut. | proterva |
Ablative
| Singular masc. | protervō |
| Singular fem. | protervā |
| Singular neut. | protervō |
| Plural masc. | protervīs |
| Plural fem. | protervīs |
| Plural neut. | protervīs |
Vocative
| Singular masc. | proterve |
| Singular fem. | proterva |
| Singular neut. | protervum |
| Plural masc. | protervī |
| Plural fem. | protervae |
| Plural neut. | proterva |
Sample Sentences
Adjectives inflected like protervus
siccus,
flū̆xus,
pēnsus,
sublātus,
sublīmus,
inmoderātus,
blandus,
dēruptus,
mūscōsus,
porōsus,
compositus,
grossus,
imperfectus,
adtentus,
protervus,
perfidiōsus,
sollicitus,
fascinōsus,
sincērus,
inūsitātus, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
Unclear. Based on manuscript variants starting with propt-, it has been proposed to derive from an original *pro-petes-wo- (from the root of petō) with a change of /sw/ to /rw/ as in Minerva. Donatus interpreted it as a derivative of prōterō + -vus.
Verbs referencing "protervus"
Italian Adjectives
protervo.
Translations