advocatus diaboli

== Latin == === Etymology === From advocātus (“advocate”) + diabolī (“of the devil”) the genitive singular of diabolus (“the devil”). Literally meaning "the devil's advocate". === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ad.wɔˈkaː.tʊs diˈa.bɔ.liː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ad.voˈkaː.tus diˈaː.bo.li] === Noun === advocātus diabolī m (genitive advocātī diabolī); second declension the devil's advocate, an officer of the Church whose role it is to argue against the canonization or beatification of a saint. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun with an indeclinable portion. ==== Antonyms ==== advocātus Deī ==== Descendants ==== English: devil's advocate (calque) Polish: adwokat diabła (calque) Portuguese: advogado do diabo (calque) Swedish: djävulens advokat (calque) == Swedish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin advocatus diaboli. === Noun === advocatus diaboli ? synonym of djävulens advokat (“devil's advocate”)