noun · femininethird declension
prōvocātiō
prōvocātiō f (genitive prōvocātiōnis)
Meaning
- challenge (to combat)
- Late Latinstimulus, provocation, encouragement
- appeal
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | prōvocātiō | prōvocātiōnēs |
| genitive | prōvocātiōnis | prōvocātiōnum |
| dative | prōvocātiōnī | prōvocātiōnibus |
| accusative | prōvocātiōnem | prōvocātiōnēs |
| ablative | prōvocātiōne | prōvocātiōnibus |
| vocative | prōvocātiō | prōvocātiōnēs |
prōvŏcātĭo, ōnis, f. id..
I. A calling out, summoning, challenging to combat (post-Aug.):
ex provocatione hostem interemit, Vell. 1, 12, 4; Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 81; 7, 28, 29, § 101; 33, 1, 4, § 12.—II. A stimulus, provocation, encouragement (late Lat.):
in provocationem caritatis, Vulg. Heb. 10, 24. —III. A citation before a higher tribunal, an appeal (freq. and class.):
ad populum provocatio esto, Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 6; cf.: Publicola legem ad populum tulit ... ne quis magistratus civem Romanum adversus provocationem necaret neve verberaret, id. Rep. 2, 31, 53; 2, 36, 61; 2, 37, 62; 3, 32, 44; id. de Or. 2, 48, 99; id. Agr. 2, 13, 33; Liv. 1, 26: provocationem interponere, to appeal, Dig. 49, 1, 18: est provocatio, an appeal lies, Liv. 3, 55; Sen. Ep. 108, 31: appellatio provocatioque, Liv. 3, 56 et saep.; Plin. praef. § 10.—In plur.: provocationes omnium rerum, Cic. Rep. 1, 40, 62.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
prōvocātiō ōnis, f
provoco, a citation before a higher tribunal, appeal : ad populum: poena sine provocatione: de provocatione certatum ad populum est, L.: provocationes omnium rerum.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin prōvocātiō From prōvocō + -tiō.
Descendants
- Catalanprovocació
- Englishprovocation
- Frenchprovocation
- GermanProvokation
- Italianprovocazione
- Portugueseprovocação
- Romanianprovocație
- Spanishprovocación
- Finnishprovokaatio
- Russianпровокация