avocatio
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From avoco (“I call off”) + -ātiō (“-tion”, noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a.u̯oˈkaː.ti.oː/, [äu̯ɔˈkäːt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.voˈkat.t͡si.o/, [ävoˈkät̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun edit
avocātiō f (genitive avocātiōnis); third declension
- A distraction.
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | avocātiō | avocātiōnēs |
Genitive | avocātiōnis | avocātiōnum |
Dative | avocātiōnī | avocātiōnibus |
Accusative | avocātiōnem | avocātiōnēs |
Ablative | avocātiōne | avocātiōnibus |
Vocative | avocātiō | avocātiōnēs |
Descendants edit
- English: avocation
- Italian: avocazione
References edit
- “avocatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “avocatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- avocatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.