petulans

Latin

Etymology

From *petulō, from petō (“to aim at, ask”).[1] Compare petulcus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

petulāns (genitive petulantis, comparative petulantior, superlative petulantissimus, adverb petulanter); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. pert, saucy, impudent, wanton
  2. freakish
  3. petulant

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative petulāns petulantēs petulantia
genitive petulantis petulantium
dative petulantī petulantibus
accusative petulantem petulāns petulantīs
petulantēs 		petulantia
ablative petulantī
petulante 		petulantibus
vocative petulāns petulantēs petulantia

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: petulant
  • → English: petulant
  • French: pétulant
  • Galician: petulante
  • Italian: petulante
  • Portuguese: petulante
  • Spanish: petulante

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “petō, -ere (> Derivatives > petulāns)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 463-4

Further reading

  • “petulans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “petulans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “petulans”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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