petulantia
Έγ', ὦ ταλαίπωρ', αὐτὸς ὧν χρείᾳ πάρει. Τὰ πολλὰ γάρ τοι ῥήματ' ἢ τέρψαντά τι, ἢ δυσχεράναντ', ἢ κατοικτίσαντά πως, παρέσχε φωνὴν τοῖς ἀφωνήτοις τινά –> Wretched brother, tell him what you need. A multitude of words can be pleasurable, burdensome, or they can arouse pity somehow — they give a kind of voice to the voiceless.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
pĕtŭlantĭa: ae, f. petulans.
I 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.—
B In a milder sense, carelessness, heedlessness (ante-class.): linguae, Suet. Tib. 61; Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 3.—
II Transf.
A Of animals, viciousness: cornuti fere perniciosi sunt propter petulantiam, Col. 7, 6, 4.—
B Of things, exuberance, luxuriance: ramorum, Plin. 16, 30, 53, § 124: morbi, violence, Gell. 12, 5, 9.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
pĕtŭlantĭa,¹¹ æ, f. (petulans), propension à attaquer,
1 insolence, impudence, effronterie : Cic. Rep. 4, 6 ; Cat. 2, 25 ; Pis. 31 ; CM 36 ; Cæc. 103
2 étourderie, légèreté : Pl. Cist. 672 ; Suet. Tib. 61
3 [en parl. des anim.] fougue, pétulance : Col. Rust. 7, 6, 4 || [fig.] petulantia ramorum Plin. 16, 124, exubérance des rameaux ; morbi Gell. 12, 5, 9, violence de la maladie.
Latin > German (Georges)
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.
Latin > English
petulantia petulantiae N F :: impudent or boisterous aggressiveness; wantonness, immodesty
