provocativus
Latin
Etymology
From prōvocō (“to call forth; provoke”) + -īvus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /proː.wo.kaːˈtiː.wus/, [proː.wɔ.kaːˈtiː.wʊs]
Adjective
prōvocātīvus (feminine prōvocātīva, neuter prōvocātīvum); first/second declension
- elicited (called forth)
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | prōvocātīvus | prōvocātīva | prōvocātīvum | prōvocātīvī | prōvocātīvae | prōvocātīva | |
| Genitive | prōvocātīvī | prōvocātīvae | prōvocātīvī | prōvocātīvōrum | prōvocātīvārum | prōvocātīvōrum | |
| Dative | prōvocātīvō | 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