provocativus
Latin
Etymology
From prōvocō (“to call forth; provoke”) + -īvus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [proː.wɔ.kaːˈtiː.wʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pro.vo.kaˈt̪iː.vus]
Adjective
prōvocātīvus (feminine prōvocātīva, neuter prōvocātīvum); first/second-declension adjective
- 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.