Latin

Noun

prōvocātiō f ‎(genitive prōvocātiōnis); third declension

1. challenge (to combat)
2. stimulus, provocation, encouragement
3. (legal) appeal

Inflection

Third declension.

Descendants

• Russian: провокация ‎(provokacija)

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “provocatio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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