provocatrix
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin provocatrix, from provoco + -trix.
Noun
provocatrix (plural provocatrices)
- A female provocator.
- 2012 November 2, Christopher Orr, “'Wreck-It Ralph' Aims for Pixar ... and Misses”, in The Atlantic[1]:
- Rounding out the primary characters is professional provocatrix Sarah Silverman, who voices Vanellope von Schweetz […].
- 2013 June 1, Vanessa Friedman, “Lunch with the FT: Franca Sozzani”, in Financial Times[2]:
- In the Condé Nast universe, […] former French Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld was the provocatrix; but Sozzani has become the activist – though you’d never know it to look at her.
- 2015 July 30, Ted Scheinman, “Why does Camille Paglia love Donald Trump?”, in Pacific Standard[3]:
- The famously contrarian feminist scholar and provocatrix is gracing her longtime employer, Salon, with a three-part interview this week.
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /proː.u̯oˈkaː.triːks/, [proːu̯ɔˈkäːt̪riːks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pro.voˈka.triks/, [provoˈkäːt̪riks]
Noun
prōvocātrīx f (genitive prōvocātrīcis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | prōvocātrīx | prōvocātrīcēs |
Genitive | prōvocātrīcis | prōvocātrīcum |
Dative | prōvocātrīcī | prōvocātrīcibus |
Accusative | prōvocātrīcem | prōvocātrīcēs |
Ablative | prōvocātrīce | prōvocātrīcibus |
Vocative | prōvocātrīx | prōvocātrīcēs |
Related terms
Descendants
- → English: provocatrix
References
- “provocatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- provocatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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