protervus
τὸν αὐτὸν ἔρανον ἀποδοῦναι → pay him back in his own coin, repay him in his own coin, pay someone back in their own coin, pay back in someone's own coin, give tit for tat, pay back in kind
Latin > English
protervus proterva, protervum ADJ :: violent, reckless; impudent, shameless
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
prŏtervus: a, um, adj. protero; qs. trampling on every thing; hence,
I violent, vehement.
I 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.—
II 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.
A prŏtervē.
1 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.—
2 In a good sense, boldly, with spirit: confidenter pro se et proterve loqui, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 207.—
B prŏtervĭter, boldly, wantonly, shamelessly, impudently, Enn. ap. Non. 513, 11 (Com. v. 8 Vahl.).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
prŏtervus,¹¹ a, um,
1 [poét.] violent, véhément : venti protervi Hor. O. 1, 26, 2, vents impétueux ; proterva stella canis Ov. Am. 2, 16, 4, astre brûlant de la canicule
2 audacieux, sans mesure, impudent, effronté, libertin, lascif [pers. et choses] : Cic. Fin. 5, 35 ; Cæl. 38 ; Fin. 2, 47 || -vior Just. 30, 2, 2.
Latin > German (Georges)
protervus, a, um (protero), eig. »alles vor sich niedertretend«; dah. I) übtr., ungestüm, heftig, ventus, Hor.: eurus, Ov.: stella canis, der durch seine Hitze alles niederdrückende, sehr beschwerliche, Ov. – II) bildl., schamlos, unverschämt, frech, u. im milderen Sinne dreist, keck, sowohl in Worten als in Handlungen, animus, Plaut.: homo, Cic.: oculi, Ov.: manus, Ov.: dictum aut factum, Cic.: frons, Hor.: meretrix protervior, Iustin. – / prōtervus gemessen bei Plaut. Bacch. 612; vgl. proterve a. E.
