(adj.adv.) : prŏtervus, a, um, adj.protero; qs. trampling on every thing; hence
* Violent, vehement.
* Lit. (poet.): venti,Hor. C. 1, 26, 2: Africus,id. Epod. 16, 22: Eurus,Ov. H. 11, 14: stella canis,scorching, oppressive,id. Am. 2, 16, 4.
* Trop., forward, bold, pert, wanton, shameless, impudent (class.; generally milder than procax and petulans; v. protervitas): petulans protervo animo sum, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 3, 1: homo,Cic. Fin. 5, 12, 35; 1, 18, 61: dictum aut factum,id. ib. 2, 14, 47: vidua,id. Cael. 16, 38: Satyri, turba proterva,Ov. H. 5, 136: juvenes,Hor. C. 1, 25, 2: rixae,id. ib. 3, 14, 26: frons,id. ib. 2, 5, 15: oculi,Ov. H. 17, 77: manus,id. M. 5, 671: Musa,id. R. Am. 362: lingua,id. Ib. 520: sal protervum,ribald wit,Mart. 10, 9, 2.—Comp.: meretrix protervior,Just. 30, 2, 2.—Hence, adv., in two forms, proterve and proterviter.
* Prŏtervē.
* In a bad sense, boldly, wantonly, shamelessly, impudently (class.): aedes arietare,Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 1: proterve iracundus,Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 53 (immoderate, superbe, Don.): consectans aliquem proterve,Cic. Rep. 1, 44, 68.—Comp., Ov. A. A. 1, 599.—Sup., Aug. Civ. Dei, 5, 22.
* Prŏtervĭter, boldly, wantonly, shamelessly, impudently, Enn. ap. Non. 513, 11 (Com. v. 8 Vahl.).

s. TLL