provocabulum

Latin

Etymology

From prōvoc(ā) (“to call forth; to summon”) +‎ -bulum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proː.u̯oˈkaː.bu.lum/, [proːu̯ɔˈkäːbʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pro.voˈka.bu.lum/, [provoˈkäːbulum]

Noun

prōvocābulum n (genitive prōvocābulī); second declension

1. a word that is used for another, a pronoun

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	prōvocābulum	prōvocābula
genitive	prōvocābulī	prōvocābulōrum
dative	prōvocābulō	prōvocābulīs
accusative	prōvocābulum	prōvocābula
ablative	prōvocābulō	prōvocābulīs
vocative	prōvocābulum	prōvocābula

References

• “provocabulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• provocabulum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.