provoke

provoke
v. trans.
Make angry: P. and V. πᾰροξύνειν, ὀργίζειν (Plat.); see anger.
Call into play: P. and V. κῑνεῖν, πᾰρᾰκᾰλεῖν, ἐγείρειν.

PROVOKE

movere: commovere (general term): concitare (stronger term): stimulare (litterally to spur to stimulate): stomachum alicui facere or movere: indignationem alicui movere (to make angry): bilem alicui movere or commovere or irritare aliquem or alicujus iram (stronger terms): pungere (to sting to mortify anybody; of things to cause vexation): offendere (to give offence of persons and things): aliquem provocare (to challenge anybody; e.g. to fight); also aliquem ad certamen irritare: concitare ad or in aliquid (to provoke anybody to anything; e.g. ad arma; to violence ad vim afferendam; anybody’s anger in iram): irritare ad aliquid (to excite to anything; e.g. ad certamen; to anger ad iram): stimulare ad aliquid (to urge men’s minds animos; e.g. to fix ad perturbandam rempublicam): acuere ad aliquid (litterally to sharpen; hence to excite; e.g. aliquem ad crudelitatem): provocare ad aliquid (to challenge; e.g. ad pugnam): adhortari ad aliquid or with ut (e.g. ad bellum faciendum to go to war): tentare ad aliquid (to be always at anybody to tempt him to do anything; e.g. animos ad res novas to insurrection): aliquem illicere ad or in aliquid (to entice anybody; e.g. to go to war ad bellum: to commit adultery in stuprum): anything provokes me aliquid mihi stomacho est; aliquid aegre fero (aliquid mihi or meo animo aegre est comic); aliquid mihi molestum est; aliquid me pungit; aliquid male me habet: that has provoked me more than even Quintus himself haec mihi majori stomacho quam ipsi Quinto fuerunt: to be provoked indignari; stomachari; commoveri dolore; irasci [SYN. above]: to be much provoked dolore or ira exardescere; dolore or ira incensum esse: he is provoked that etc. or it provokes him that asgre ille fert quod etc.: to provoke the people stilt more per se accensos animos incitare: to become provoked (ira) exacerbatum or iratum esse: to be much provoked iracundia ardere: to be rather provoked subirasci alicui: to be dreadfully provoked saevire.

To provoke hunger thirst famem sitim facere or gignere or afferre. Vid: also To EXCITE.

provoke:

I. To call forth, occasion:

1. cieo, cīvi, cĭtum, 2; esp. in medicine, to p. evacuation, alvum c., Plin. 20, 9, 38.

2. mŏveo, mōvi, tum, 2: to p. any one's laughter rather than anger, risum alicui magis quam stomachum m., Cic. Att. 6, 3: Quint.: v. TO EXCITE. In same sense, commŏveo, 2: to p. great hatred against any one, magnum odium in aliquem c., Cic. Inv. 1, 54, 103.

II. To irritate, make angry:

1. irrīto, 1: to p. by force and assail with the sword a most valiant man, vi i. ferroque lacessere fortissimum virum, Cic. Mil. 31, 84: to p. people to war, animos (hominum) ad bellum i., Liv. 31, 5, med.: also, iracundiam i., Sen. Ir. 3, 8, 2.

2. mŏveo, 2 (scarcely so strong as Eng.): I saw the man was p.d "nettled"), intellexi hominem moveri, Cic. Att. 1, 14, 4: to p. Diana, numina Dianae m., Hor. Epod. 17, 3. So, commŏveo, 2 (strengthened from simple verb): Hor. S. 2, 1, 45 (qui me commorit, flebit!).

3. concĭto, 1: e. g. in arma, ad vim, etc.: v. TO STIR UP.

4. expr. by stŏmăchus, i, m., and a verb: to p. any one, s. alicui movere, Cic. Att. 6, 3; facere, ib. 5, 11. So with bīlis, is, f.: e. g. bilem alicui commovere, ib. 2, 7, med.

5. in pass.: exardesco, irascor (to be p.d): v. ANGRY, TO BE. (N.B.--Not provoco in this sense: v. TO CHALLENGE.)

III. To lead on to anything:

1. allĭcio, illĭcio, lexi, ctum, 3: v. TO ENTICE, ALLURE. (Usu. of leading to that which is bad; always, of the leading of pleasure.)

2. incĭto, 1: v. TO INCITE, STIMULATE.