vocatio

Latin

Etymology

From vocō +‎ -tiō.

Noun

vocātiō f (genitive vocātiōnis); third declension

1. summons
2. invitation, bidding
3. calling, vocation

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vocātiō	vocātiōnēs
Genitive	vocātiōnis	vocātiōnum
Dative	vocātiōnī	vocātiōnibus
Accusative	vocātiōnem	vocātiōnēs
Ablative	vocātiōne	vocātiōnibus
Vocative	vocātiō	vocātiōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: vocació
• English: vocation
• French: vocation
• Italian: vocazione
• Portuguese: vocação
• Romanian: vocație
• Spanish: vocación

References

• “vocatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vocatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vocatio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• vocatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “vocatio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin