provocatus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of prōvocō.

Participle

prōvocātus (feminine prōvocāta, neuter prōvocātum); first/second-declension participle

1. challenged
2. provoked

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	prōvocātus	prōvocāta	prōvocātum		prōvocātī	prōvocātae	prōvocāta
Genitive	prōvocātī	prōvocātae	prōvocātī		prōvocātōrum	prōvocātārum	prōvocātōrum
Dative	prōvocātō		prōvocātō		prōvocātīs
Accusative	prōvocātum	prōvocātam	prōvocātum		prōvocātōs	prōvocātās	prōvocāta
Ablative	prōvocātō	prōvocātā	prōvocātō		prōvocātīs
Vocative	prōvocāte	prōvocāta	prōvocātum		prōvocātī	prōvocātae	prōvocāta

Descendants

• → Norwegian Bokmål: provocatus

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From New Latin prōvocātus (“challenged, provoked”), perfect passive participle of prōvocō (“I challenge, provoke”), from both prō- (“in front of”), from prō (“for, before”), from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European *pro- (“toward, forward”), from *pró (“toward, leading to”), from *per- (“before”) + and from vocō (“I call”), from Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ- (“voice, speech”), from *wekʷ- (“to speak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prʊʋʊˈkɑːtʉs/

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• Rhymes: -ʉs
• Hyphenation: pro‧vo‧cat‧us

Adverb

provocatus

1. Only used in abortus provocatus (“induced abortion”)