provocator
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin provocator. Doublet of provocateur.
Noun
provocator (plural provocators)
- One who engages in provocation.
Related terms
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /proː.woˈkaː.tor/, [proː.wɔˈkaː.tɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pro.voˈka.tor/, [pro.voˈkaː.tor]
Noun
prōvocātor m (genitive prōvocātōris); third declension
- (in combat) challenger
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | prōvocātor | prōvocātōrēs |
| genitive | prōvocātōris | prōvocātōrum |
| dative | prōvocātōrī | prōvocātōribus |
| accusative | prōvocātōrem | prōvocātōrēs |
| ablative | prōvocātōre | prōvocātōribus |
| vocative | prōvocātor | prōvocātōrēs |
Hypernyms
Coordinate terms
Related terms
- prōvocātīcius
- prōvocātiō
- prōvocātīvus
Descendants
- English: provocateur
- French: provocateur
- Italian: provocatore
- Russian: провокатор (provokátor)
- Spanish: provocador
References
- provocator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- provocator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- provocator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- provocator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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