English

Noun

provocator ‎(plural provocators)

1. One who engages in provocation.

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /proː.woˈkaː.tor/, [proː.wɔˈkaː.tɔr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pro.voˈka.tor/, [pro.voˈkaː.tor]

Noun

prōvocātor m ‎(genitive prōvocātōris); third declension

1. (in combat) challenger

Inflection

Third declension.

Hypernyms

• gladiātor

Related terms

Coordinate terms

• rētiārius
• secūtor
• Thrax

Descendants

• English: provocateur
• French: provocateur
• Italian: provocatore
• Russian: провокатор ‎(provokátor)

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “provocator”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.