provocator

English

Etymology

Partly borrowed from Middle French provocateur and its etymon Latin prōvocātor, and partly from provocate +‎ -or. Doublet of provocateur.

Noun

provocator (plural provocators)

1. One who engages in provocation.

   Synonyms: provocant, provocateur

   Hyponym: provocatrix

Related terms

• provoke

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *pér

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *pró

Proto-Indo-European *pro-

Proto-Italic *pro-

Latin prō-

Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der.

Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ-der.

Latin vocō

Latin prōvocō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin prōvocātor

From prōvocō (“call forth, challenge, provoke”) + -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [proː.wɔˈkaː.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [pro.voˈkaː.tor]

Noun

prōvocātor m (genitive prōvocātōris, feminine prōvocātrīx); third declension

1. challenger (in combat)

   Hypernym: gladiātor

   Coordinate terms: rētiārius, secūtor, Thrax

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	prōvocātor	prōvocātōrēs
genitive	prōvocātōris	prōvocātōrum
dative	prōvocātōrī	prōvocātōribus
accusative	prōvocātōrem	prōvocātōrēs
ablative	prōvocātōre	prōvocātōribus
vocative	prōvocātor	prōvocātōrēs

Related terms

• prōvocātīcius
• prōvocātiō
• prōvocātīvus
• prōvocātōrius
• prōvocātrix
• prōvocō

Descendants

• → English: provocator
• → French: provocateur
  • → Dutch: provocateur
    • → Indonesian: provokator
  • → English: provocateur
• Italian: provocatore
• Portuguese: provocador
• Romanian: provocator
• → 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, 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

Borrowed from French provocateur. Equivalent to provoca +‎ -tor.

Adjective

provocator m or n (feminine singular provocatoare, masculine plural provocatori, feminine/neuter plural provocatoare)

1. provocative

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