provocator

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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

References

  1. ^ “provocator, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Descendants

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.

Romanian

Etymology

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

Adjective

provocator m or n (feminine singular provocatoare, masculine plural provocatori, feminine and 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
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