provocabulum

Latin

Etymology

From prōvocō (“call forth”) +‎ -bulum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /proː.u̯oˈkaː.bu.lum/, [proːu̯ɔˈkäːbʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pro.voˈka.bu.lum/, [provoˈkäːbulum]

Noun

prōvocābulum n (genitive prōvocābulī); second declension

1. a word that is used for another, a pronoun

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	prōvocābulum	prōvocābula
Genitive	prōvocābulī	prōvocābulōrum
Dative	prōvocābulō	prōvocābulīs
Accusative	prōvocābulum	prōvocābula
Ablative	prōvocābulō	prōvocābulīs
Vocative	prōvocābulum	prōvocābula

References

• “provocabulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• provocabulum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.