provocativus

== Latin == === Etymology === From prōvocō (“to call forth; provoke”) + īvus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [proː.wɔ.kaːˈtiː.wʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pro.vo.kaˈtiː.vus] === Adjective === prōvocātīvus (feminine prōvocātīva, neuter prōvocātīvum); first/second-declension adjective elicited (called forth) ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== 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.