provocator
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin prōvocātor. Doublet of provocateur.
Noun
provocator (plural provocators)
- one who engages in provocation
Related terms
Latin
Etymology
From prōvocō (“call forth, challenge, provoke”) + -tor.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /proː.u̯oˈkaː.tor/, [proːu̯ɔˈkäːt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pro.voˈka.tor/, [provoˈkäːt̪or]
Noun
prōvocātor m (genitive prōvocātōris, feminine prōvocātrīx); third declension
- challenger (in combat)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | prōvocātor | prōvocātōrēs |
Genitive | prōvocātōris | prōvocātōrum |
Dative | prōvocātōrī | prōvocātōribus |
Accusative | prōvocātōrem | prōvocātōrēs |
Ablative | prōvocātōre | prōvocātōribus |
Vocative | prōvocātor | prōvocātōrēs |
Related terms
Descendants
- → English: provocator
- → French: provocateur
- → English: provocateur
- Italian: provocatore
- Portuguese: provocador
- → Russian: провока́тор (provokátor)
- Spanish: provocador (might otherwise be borrowed)
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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- provocator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Romanian
Etymology
From French provocateur.
Adjective
provocator m or n (feminine singular provocatoare, masculine plural provocatori, feminine and neuter plural provocatoare)
Declension
Declension of provocator
singular | plural | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | provocator | provocatoare | provocatori | provocatoare | ||
definite | provocatorul | provocatoarea | provocatorii | provocatoarele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | provocator | provocatoare | provocatori | provocatoare | ||
definite | provocatorului | provocatoarei | provocatorilor | provocatoarelor |
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