avoco

See also: avocò

Italian

Verb

avoco

1. first-person singular present indicative of avocare

Latin

Etymology

Derived from ā- (“from”, “away”) +‎ vocō (“I call”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.u̯o.koː/, [ˈäːu̯ɔkoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.vo.ko/, [ˈäːvoko]

Verb

āvocō (present infinitive āvocāre, perfect active āvocāvī, supine āvocātum); first conjugation

1. to call off or away, withdraw, divert, remove, separate, turn

   Synonyms: āvertō, dīvertō, dēmoveō

   Antonyms: advocō, prōvocō, vocō

2. to distract or divert someone's attention
3. to dissuade, discourage, divert
4. to interrupt, hinder

   Synonyms: interrumpō, interveniō, dirimō, irrumpō, frangō, īnfringō, rumpō

5. to divert by cheering; cheer, amuse, occupy
6. (law) to reclaim, recall, withdraw, confiscate
7. to revoke, disavow

Conjugation

Conjugation of āvocō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	āvocō	āvocās	āvocat	āvocāmus	āvocātis	āvocant
	imperfect	āvocābam	āvocābās	āvocābat	āvocābāmus	āvocābātis	āvocābant
	future	āvocābō	āvocābis	āvocābit	āvocābimus	āvocābitis	āvocābunt
	perfect	āvocāvī	āvocāvistī	āvocāvit	āvocāvimus	āvocāvistis	āvocāvērunt, āvocāvēre
	pluperfect	āvocāveram	āvocāverās	āvocāverat	āvocāverāmus	āvocāverātis	āvocāverant
	future perfect	āvocāverō	āvocāveris	āvocāverit	āvocāverimus	āvocāveritis	āvocāverint
passive	present	āvocor	āvocāris, āvocāre	āvocātur	āvocāmur	āvocāminī	āvocantur
	imperfect	āvocābar	āvocābāris, āvocābāre	āvocābātur	āvocābāmur	āvocābāminī	āvocābantur
	future	āvocābor	āvocāberis, āvocābere	āvocābitur	āvocābimur	āvocābiminī	āvocābuntur
	perfect	āvocātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	āvocātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	āvocātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	āvocem	āvocēs	āvocet	āvocēmus	āvocētis	āvocent
	imperfect	āvocārem	āvocārēs	āvocāret	āvocārēmus	āvocārētis	āvocārent
	perfect	āvocāverim	āvocāverīs	āvocāverit	āvocāverīmus	āvocāverītis	āvocāverint
	pluperfect	āvocāvissem	āvocāvissēs	āvocāvisset	āvocāvissēmus	āvocāvissētis	āvocāvissent
passive	present	āvocer	āvocēris, āvocēre	āvocētur	āvocēmur	āvocēminī	āvocentur
	imperfect	āvocārer	āvocārēris, āvocārēre	āvocārētur	āvocārēmur	āvocārēminī	āvocārentur
	perfect	āvocātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	āvocātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	āvocā	—	—	āvocāte	—
	future	—	āvocātō	āvocātō	—	āvocātōte	āvocantō
passive	present	—	āvocāre	—	—	āvocāminī	—
	future	—	āvocātor	āvocātor	—	—	āvocantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		āvocāre	āvocāvisse	āvocātūrum esse	āvocārī	āvocātum esse	āvocātum īrī
participles		āvocāns	—	āvocātūrus	—	āvocātus	āvocandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		āvocandī	āvocandō	āvocandum	āvocandō	āvocātum	āvocātū

Derived terms

• āvocāmentum
• āvocātiō
• āvocātor

Related terms

• āvocātrīx

Descendants

• → Catalan: avocar
• → English: avocate, avoke
• Italian: avocare

References

• “avoco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “avoco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• avoco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to let oneself be perverted from one's duty: ab officio abduci, avocari
    

Portuguese

Verb

avoco

1. first-person singular present indicative of avocar

Spanish

Verb

avoco

1. first-person singular present indicative of avocar