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verbfirst conjugation

prōvocō

prōvocō (present infinitive prōvocāre, perfect active prōvocāvī, supine prōvocātum)
Classical[ˈproː.wɔ.koː]Ecclesiastical[ˈprɔː.vo.ko]
prōvocāns pres. act. ptcp.

Meaning

  1. to call forth, summon
  2. to challenge
  3. to provoke

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.prōvocōprōvocābamprōvocābōprōvocāvīprōvocāveram
prōvocāram		prōvocāverō
prōvocārō
2nd sg.prōvocāsprōvocābāsprōvocābisprōvocāvistī
prōvocāstī		prōvocāverās
prōvocārās		prōvocāveris
prōvocāris
3rd sg.prōvocatprōvocābatprōvocābitprōvocāvit
prōvocāt		prōvocāverat
prōvocārat		prōvocāverit
prōvocārit
1st pl.prōvocāmusprōvocābāmusprōvocābimusprōvocāvimus
prōvocāmus		prōvocāverāmus
prōvocārāmus		prōvocāverimus
prōvocārimus
2nd pl.prōvocātisprōvocābātisprōvocābitisprōvocāvistis
prōvocāstis		prōvocāverātis
prōvocārātis		prōvocāveritis
prōvocāritis
3rd pl.prōvocantprōvocābantprōvocābuntprōvocāvērunt
prōvocārunt, prōvocāvēre		prōvocāverant
prōvocārant		prōvocāverint
prōvocārint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.prōvocemprōvocāremprōvocāverim
prōvocārim		prōvocāvissem
prōvocāssem
2nd sg.prōvocēsprōvocārēsprōvocāverīs
prōvocārīs		prōvocāvissēs
prōvocāssēs
3rd sg.prōvocetprōvocāretprōvocāverit
prōvocārit		prōvocāvisset
prōvocāsset
1st pl.prōvocēmusprōvocārēmusprōvocāverīmus
prōvocārīmus		prōvocāvissēmus
prōvocāssēmus
2nd pl.prōvocētisprōvocārētisprōvocāverītis
prōvocārītis		prōvocāvissētis
prōvocāssētis
3rd pl.prōvocentprōvocārentprōvocāverint
prōvocārint		prōvocāvissent
prōvocāssent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.prōvocorprōvocābarprōvocābor
2nd sg.prōvocāris
prōvocāre		prōvocābāris
prōvocābāre		prōvocāberis
prōvocābere
3rd sg.prōvocāturprōvocābāturprōvocābitur
1st pl.prōvocāmurprōvocābāmurprōvocābimur
2nd pl.prōvocāminīprōvocābāminīprōvocābiminī
3rd pl.prōvocanturprōvocābanturprōvocābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.prōvocerprōvocārer
2nd sg.prōvocēris
prōvocēre		prōvocārēris
prōvocārēre
3rd sg.prōvocēturprōvocārētur
1st pl.prōvocēmurprōvocārēmur
2nd pl.prōvocēminīprōvocārēminī
3rd pl.prōvocenturprōvocārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.prōvocāprōvocāre
pres. 2nd pl.prōvocāteprōvocāminī
fut. 2nd sg.prōvocātōprōvocātor
fut. 3rd sg.prōvocātōprōvocātor
fut. 2nd pl.prōvocātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.prōvocantōprōvocantor
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveprōvocāreprōvocārī
perfect infinitiveprōvocāvisse
prōvocāsse		prōvocātum esse
future infinitiveprōvocātūrum esseprōvocātum īrī
present participleprōvocāns—
perfect participle—prōvocātus
prōvocāta, prōvocātā, prōvocātae, prōvocātam, prōvocātārum, prōvocātās, prōvocātī, prōvocātōrum, prōvocātōs
future participleprōvocātūrus
prōvocātūra, prōvocātūrā, prōvocātūrae, prōvocātūram, prōvocātūrārum, prōvocātūrās, prōvocātūre, prōvocātūrī, prōvocātūrīs, prōvocātūrō, prōvocātūrōrum, prōvocātūrōs, prōvocātūrum		prōvocandus
prōvocanda, prōvocandā, prōvocandae, prōvocandam, prōvocandārum, prōvocandās, prōvocande, prōvocandīs, prōvocandōrum, prōvocandōs
gerundprōvocandī, prōvocandō, prōvocandumsupineprōvocātum, prōvocātū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

provocare ad populum (Liv. 2. 55)
to appeal to the people.
proelio (ad pugnam) hostes lacessere, provocare
to provoke the enemy to battle.

prō-vŏco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n.,
I. to call forth, call out.
I. Lit.
A. In gen. (very rare): aliquem, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 43: ut ubi illaec prodeat, me provoces, id. Mil. 4, 3, 28; id. Bacch. 3, 3, 40: mandant, ut ad se provocet Simonidem, Phaedr. 4, 23, 25: dum rota Luciferi provocet orta diem, lead up, call forth, Tib. 1, 9, 62: Memnonis mater roseo provocet ore diem, Ov. P. 1, 4, 58; cf. id. F. 1, 456: provocare et elicere novas radiculas, Col. 3, 15, 5.—
B. In partic.
1. To call out, challenge, invite one to any thing (as to play, sing, drink, fight, etc.): provocat me in aleam, challenged me to a game, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 75: pedibus, to a race, id. Ep. 5, 1, 58: aliquem tesseris, Macr. S. 1, 10: aliquem cantatum, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 53: aliquem ad pugnam, Cic. Tusc. 4, 22, 49; cf. Liv. 8, 7, and Flor. 2, 17, 11 Duker: duces nec prohibere paucos temere provocantis volebant, nec, etc., Liv. 23, 16, 4: et oleo et mero viros provocant, Sen. Ep. 95, 21: aliquem ad bibendum, Vop. Firm. 4.—
2. In jurid. lang., to take a cause before a higher court, to appeal, make an appeal; in this signif. usually neutr., ad aliquem; act. only post-class., with the judge to whom the appeal is made as object (cf. appello).
(a). Neutr.: ut de majestate damnati ad populum provocent, Cic. Phil. 1, 9, 21; cf.: quam id rectum sit, tu judicabis; ne ad Catonem quidem provocabo, id. Att. 6, 1, 7: provoco ad populum, Liv. 8, 33: arreptus a viatore, Provoco, inquit, I appeal, id. 3, 56: si a duumviris provocarit, provocatione certato, id. 1, 26, 6; 3, 56: ab omni judicio poenāque provocari licere, Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 54.—
(b). Act., to appeal to a judge (post-class.): si judicem provocent, Dig. 8, 28, 6: si praefectus urbi judicem dederit, ipse erit provocandus, qui eum judicem dederit, ib. 49, 3, 1.—Also: provocare judicium ad populum, to bring the decision before the people by appeal, Val. Max. 8, 1, 1; rarely, aliquem ad judicem, to cite, summon before, App. Flor. p. 360, 24.—
II. Trop.
A. To challenge to a contest, to contend with, emulate, rival, vie with (post-Aug.): aliquem virtute, to vie with him in virtue, Plin. Ep. 2, 7, 4: elegia Graecos provocamus, Quint. 10, 1, 93; cf.: ea pictura naturam ipsam provocavit, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 94.—Of things, Plin. 16, 8, 12, § 32: immensum latus Circi templorum pulchritudinem provocat, id. Pan. 51, 3.—
B. To challenge, incite, provoke to any thing: felicitas temporum, quae bonam conscientiam civium tuorum ad usum indulgentiae tuae provocat, Plin. Ep. 10, 12 (7) fin.: omni comitate ad hilaritatem et jocum provocare, Suet. Calig. 27; id. Claud. 21: tacentes ad communionem sermonis, id. Aug. 74.—
C. To excite, stimulate, exasperate, stir up, rouse with any thing (class.; syn.: irrito, lacesso): qui non solum a me provocatus sed etiam suā sponte solet, etc., Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 3: aliquem beneficio, id. Off. 1, 15, 48: sermonibus, Caes. B. C. 1, 74: minis et verbis, Tac. H. 3, 24: bello, id. ib. 4, 17: injuriā, id. A. 14, 49 et saep.: ad iracundiam, Vulg. Isa. 63, 10; id. Deut. 4, 25. —
D. To call forth, occasion, produce, cause: officia comitate, Tac. H. 5, 1: mortem tot modis, Plin. 19, praef. 1, § 5: bellum, Tac. G. 35; Plin. Pan. 16.—
E. (Acc. to I. B. 2.) To appeal to any thing, to cite as authority or proof (late Lat.): ad litteras Pudentillae, App. Mag. 84, p. 326, 40: ad Judaeorum Codices provocare, Aug. Serm. 202, 3.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  4. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  5. Proto-Indo-European*pro-
  6. Proto-Italic*pro-
  7. Latinprōvocō

Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der. Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ-der. Latin vocō Latin prōvocō From prō- (“in front of, for”) + vocō (“call”).

Descendants
  • Catalanprovocar
  • Englishprovoke
  • Frenchprovoquer
  • Italianprovocare
  • Portugueseprovocar
  • Romanianprovoca
  • Spanishprovocar
  • Galicianprovocar

Quick answers

What does prōvocō mean in Latin?
prōvocō, a verb, means “to call forth, summon; to challenge; to provoke”.
What are the principal parts of prōvocō?
prōvocō, prōvocāre, prōvocāvī, prōvocātum (first conjugation).
How do you pronounce prōvocō?
In classical Latin, [ˈproː.wɔ.koː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈprɔː.vo.ko].
Where does prōvocō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? → Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? → Proto-Indo-European *pér → Proto-Indo-European *pró → Proto-Indo-European *pro- → Proto-Italic *pro- → Latin prōvocō.