provocatio

== Latin == === Etymology === From prōvocō + -tiō. === Noun === prōvocātiō f (genitive prōvocātiōnis); third declension (Post-Augustan) challenge (to combat) (Late Latin) stimulus, provocation, encouragement (legal) appeal ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “provocatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “provocatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “provocatio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “provocatio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “provocatio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin