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|lnetxt=petulantia petulantiae N F :: [[impudent or boisterous aggressiveness]]; [[wantonness]], [[immodesty]]
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>pĕtŭlantĭa</b>: ae, f. [[petulans]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit., [[sauciness]], freakishness, [[impudence]], [[wantonness]], [[petulance]] ([[class]].; syn. [[lascivia]]): [[itaque]] a petendo [[petulantia]], a procando, id est poscendo, [[procacitas]] nominata est, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 23, 18: [[petulantia]] et [[libido]] [[magis]] est adulescentium [[quam]] senum, id. Sen. 11, 36: [[petulantia]] et [[audacia]], id. Caecin. 35, 103; cf.: te non ulla meae laesit [[petulantia]] linguae, Prop. 1, 16, 37.—In plur.: [[Naevius]] ... cum ob assiduam maledicentiam et probra in principes civitatis ... in vincula conjectus esset ... in his [[fabulis]], delicta sua et petulantias dictorum, quibus multos [[ante]] laeserat, diluisset, [[insolent]] [[language]], libels, Gell. 3, 3, 15.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In a milder [[sense]], [[carelessness]], [[heedlessness]] ([[ante]]-[[class]].): linguae, Suet. Tib. 61; Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 3.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Of animals, [[viciousness]]: cornuti [[fere]] perniciosi sunt [[propter]] petulantiam, Col. 7, 6, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Of things, [[exuberance]], [[luxuriance]]: ramorum, Plin. 16, 30, 53, § 124: morbi, [[violence]], Gell. 12, 5, 9.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>pĕtŭlantĭa</b>,¹¹ æ, f. ([[petulans]]), propension à attaquer,<br /><b>1</b> insolence, impudence, effronterie : Cic. Rep. 4, 6 ; Cat. 2, 25 ; Pis. 31 ; CM 36 ; Cæc. 103<br /><b>2</b> étourderie, légèreté : Pl. Cist. 672 ; Suet. Tib. 61<br /><b>3</b> [en parl. des anim.] fougue, pétulance : Col. Rust. 7, 6, 4 &#124;&#124; [fig.] [[petulantia]] ramorum Plin. 16, 124, exubérance des rameaux ; morbi Gell. 12, 5, 9, violence de la maladie.||[fig.] [[petulantia]] ramorum Plin. 16, 124, exubérance des rameaux ; morbi Gell. 12, 5, 9, violence de la maladie.
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{{Georges
|georg=petulantia, ae, f. ([[petulans]]), I) der Mutwille, die Leichtfertigkeit, Frechheit, [[Ausgelassenheit]], [[Schadenfreude]], der [[Übermut]], das freche Gebaren, die Keckheit (Ggstz. [[pudor]], [[modestia]]), Cic. u.a.: tanta feminarum pet. [[rustica]], Sen.: v. Tieren, [[propter]] petulantiam, Colum.: v. Lebl., ramorum, übermäßige Ausbreitung, Plin.: linguae, Scheltworte, Prop. 1, 16, 37 (vgl. no. II): oculorum, Ps. Quint. decl. trib. Marian. 5: Plur., petulantiae dictorum, kühne Äußerungen, Gell. 3, 3, 15: petulantiae iniuriarum, die frechen Angriffe, Gell. 13, 28 (27), 4. – II) im milderen Sinne, der [[Leichtsinn]], die [[Unbedachtsamkeit]], Plaut. cist. 672: linguae, voreilige Āußerung, Suet. Tib. 61, 6.
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