advocatus diaboli
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See also: Advocatus Diaboli
Latin
Etymology
From advocātus (“advocate”) + diabolī (“of the devil”) the genitive singular of diabolus (“the devil”). Literally meaning "the devil's advocate".
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ad.u̯oˈkaː.tus diˈa.bo.liː/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ad.voˈka.tus diˈa.bo.li/,
Noun
advocātus diabolī m (genitive advocātī diabolī); second declension
- the devil's advocate, an officer of the Church whose role it is to argue against the canonization or beatification of a saint.
Declension
Second-declension noun with an indeclinable portion.
Antonyms
Descendants
- English: devil's advocate (calque)
- Polish: adwokat diabła (calque)
- Portuguese: advogado do diabo (calque)