provocatrixとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

provocatrix (plural provocatrices)

1. A female provocator.

   Synonyms: provocateuse, provocatrice

   • 2012 November 2, Christopher Orr, “'Wreck-It Ralph' Aims for Pixar ... and Misses”, in The Atlantic‎:

     Rounding out the primary characters is professional provocatrix Sarah Silverman, who voices Vanellope von Schweetz […].

   • 2013 June 1, Vanessa Friedman, “Lunch with the FT: Franca Sozzani”, in Financial Times‎:

     In the Condé Nast universe, […] former French Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld was the provocatrix; but Sozzani has become the activist – though you’d never know it to look at her.

   • 2015 July 30, Ted Scheinman, “Why does Camille Paglia love Donald Trump?”, in Pacific Standard‎:

     The famously contrarian feminist scholar and provocatrix is gracing her longtime employer, Salon, with a three-part interview this week.

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: /proː.u̯oˈkaː.triːks/, [proːu̯ɔˈkäːt̪riːks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /pro.voˈka.triks/, [provoˈkäːt̪riks]

名詞

prōvocātrīx f (genitive prōvocātrīcis, masculine prōvocātor); third declension

1. (Late Latin) challenger; temptress

   Coordinate term: prōvocātor

語形変化

Third-declension noun.

派生した語

• → English: provocatrix

参照

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