"provocator" meaning in Latin

See provocator in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [proː.wɔˈkaː.tɔr] [Classical-Latin], [pro.voˈkaː.tor] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From prōvocō (“call forth, challenge, provoke”) + -tor. Etymology templates: {{af|la|prōvocō|-tor|t1=call forth, challenge, provoke}} prōvocō (“call forth, challenge, provoke”) + -tor Head templates: {{la-noun|prōvocātor<3>|f=prōvocātrīx}} prōvocātor m (genitive prōvocātōris, feminine prōvocātrīx); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|prōvocātor<3>}} Forms: prōvocātor [canonical, masculine], prōvocātōris [genitive], prōvocātrīx [feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], prōvocātor [nominative, singular], prōvocātōrēs [nominative, plural], prōvocātōris [genitive, singular], prōvocātōrum [genitive, plural], prōvocātōrī [dative, singular], prōvocātōribus [dative, plural], prōvocātōrem [accusative, singular], prōvocātōrēs [accusative, plural], prōvocātōre [ablative, singular], prōvocātōribus [ablative, plural], prōvocātor [singular, vocative], prōvocātōrēs [plural, vocative]
  1. challenger (in combat) Tags: declension-3 Hypernyms: gladiātor Related terms: prōvocātīcius, prōvocātiō, prōvocātīvus, prōvocātōrius, prōvocātrix, prōvocō Coordinate_terms: rētiārius, secūtor, Thrax
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