provocator

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prōvocātor. Doublet of provocateur.

Noun

provocator (plural provocators)

1. one who engages in provocation

Related terms

• provoke

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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); third declension

1. challenger (in combat)

   Hypernym: gladiātor

   Coordinate terms: rētiārius, secūtor, Thrax

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

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

 

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.