provoco

See also: provocó and provocò

Catalan

Verb

provoco

first-person singular present indicative of provocar

Italian

Verb

provoco

first-person singular present indicative of provocare

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *pér

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *pró

Proto-Indo-European *pro-

Proto-Italic *pro-

Latin prō-

Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der.

Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ-der.

Latin vocō

Latin prōvocō

From prō- (“in front of, for”) + vocō (“call”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈproː.wɔ.koː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈprɔː.vo.ko]

Verb

prōvocō (present infinitive prōvocāre, perfect active prōvocāvī, supine prōvocātum); first conjugation

to call forth, summon
Synonyms: advocō, ēvocō, invocō, invītō, acciō, arcessō, citō, inclāmō, exciō

Antonym: āvocō
to challenge
to provoke

Conjugation

Conjugation of prōvocō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	prōvocō	prōvocās		prōvocat	prōvocāmus	prōvocātis		prōvocant
	imperfect	prōvocābam	prōvocābās		prōvocābat	prōvocābāmus	prōvocābātis		prōvocābant
	future	prōvocābō	prōvocābis		prōvocābit	prōvocābimus	prōvocābitis		prōvocābunt
	perfect	prōvocāvī	prōvocāvistī, prōvocāstī¹		prōvocāvit, prōvocāt¹	prōvocāvimus, prōvocāmus¹	prōvocāvistis, prōvocāstis¹		prōvocāvērunt, prōvocārunt, prōvocāvēre¹
	pluperfect	prōvocāveram, prōvocāram¹	prōvocāverās, prōvocārās¹		prōvocāverat, prōvocārat¹	prōvocāverāmus, prōvocārāmus¹	prōvocāverātis, prōvocārātis¹		prōvocāverant, prōvocārant¹
	future perfect	prōvocāverō, prōvocārō¹	prōvocāveris, prōvocāris¹		prōvocāverit, prōvocārit¹	prōvocāverimus, prōvocārimus¹	prōvocāveritis, prōvocāritis¹		prōvocāverint, prōvocārint¹
passive	present	prōvocor	prōvocāris, prōvocāre		prōvocātur	prōvocāmur	prōvocāminī		prōvocantur
	imperfect	prōvocābar	prōvocābāris, prōvocābāre		prōvocābātur	prōvocābāmur	prōvocābāminī		prōvocābantur
	future	prōvocābor	prōvocāberis, prōvocābere		prōvocābitur	prōvocābimur	prōvocābiminī		prōvocābuntur
	perfect	prōvocātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	prōvocātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	prōvocātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	prōvocem	prōvocēs		prōvocet	prōvocēmus	prōvocētis		prōvocent
	imperfect	prōvocārem	prōvocārēs		prōvocāret	prōvocārēmus	prōvocārētis		prōvocārent
	perfect	prōvocāverim, prōvocārim¹	prōvocāverīs, prōvocārīs¹		prōvocāverit, prōvocārit¹	prōvocāverīmus, prōvocārīmus¹	prōvocāverītis, prōvocārītis¹		prōvocāverint, prōvocārint¹
	pluperfect	prōvocāvissem, prōvocāssem¹	prōvocāvissēs, prōvocāssēs¹		prōvocāvisset, prōvocāsset¹	prōvocāvissēmus, prōvocāssēmus¹	prōvocāvissētis, prōvocāssētis¹		prōvocāvissent, prōvocāssent¹
passive	present	prōvocer	prōvocēris, prōvocēre		prōvocētur	prōvocēmur	prōvocēminī		prōvocentur
	imperfect	prōvocārer	prōvocārēris, prōvocārēre		prōvocārētur	prōvocārēmur	prōvocārēminī		prōvocārentur
	perfect	prōvocātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	prōvocātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	prōvocā		—	—	prōvocāte		—
active	future	—	prōvocātō		prōvocātō	—	prōvocātōte		prōvocantō
passive	present	—	prōvocāre		—	—	prōvocāminī		—
passive	future	—	prōvocātor		prōvocātor	—	—		prōvocantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		prōvocāre		prōvocārī		prōvocāns		—
future		prōvocātūrum esse		prōvocātum īrī		prōvocātūrus		prōvocandus
perfect		prōvocāvisse, prōvocāsse¹		prōvocātum esse		—		prōvocātus
future perfect		—		prōvocātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		prōvocātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		prōvocandī	prōvocandō		prōvocandum	prōvocandō	prōvocātum		prōvocātū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

Descendants

Catalan: provocar
English: provoke
French: provoquer
Galician: provocar
Italian: provocare
Portuguese: provocar
Romanian: provoca
Spanish: provocar

References

“provoco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“provoco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“provoco”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to appeal to the people: provocare ad populum (Liv. 2. 55)
- to provoke the enemy to battle: proelio (ad pugnam) hostes lacessere, provocare

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾoˈvɔ.ku/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾoˈvɔ.ko/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾuˈvɔ.ku/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾuˈbɔ.ku/ [pɾuˈβɔ.ku]

Rhymes: -ɔku
Hyphenation: pro‧vo‧co

Verb

provoco

first-person singular present indicative of provocar

Spanish

Verb

provoco

first-person singular present indicative of provocar