provocativus

Latin

Etymology

From prōvocō (“to call forth; provoke”) +‎ -īvus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proː.u̯o.kaːˈtiː.u̯us/, [proːu̯ɔkäːˈt̪iːu̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pro.vo.kaˈti.vus/, [provokäˈt̪iːvus]

Adjective

prōvocātīvus (feminine prōvocātīva, neuter prōvocātīvum); first/second-declension adjective

1. elicited (called forth)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	prōvocātīvus	prōvocātīva	prōvocātīvum		prōvocātīvī	prōvocātīvae	prōvocātīva
genitive	prōvocātīvī	prōvocātīvae	prōvocātīvī		prōvocātīvōrum	prōvocātīvārum	prōvocātīvōrum
dative	prōvocātīvō	prōvocātīvae	prōvocātīvō		prōvocātīvīs
accusative	prōvocātīvum	prōvocātīvam	prōvocātīvum		prōvocātīvōs	prōvocātīvās	prōvocātīva
ablative	prōvocātīvō	prōvocātīvā	prōvocātīvō		prōvocātīvīs
vocative	prōvocātīve	prōvocātīva	prōvocātīvum		prōvocātīvī	prōvocātīvae	prōvocātīva

Descendants

• Catalan: provocatiu
• English: provocative
• Middle French: provocatif
• Portuguese: provocativo
• Spanish: provocativo

References

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