avocatio
Latin
Etymology
From avoco (“I call off”) + -ātiō (“-tion”, noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a.woˈkaː.ti.oː/, [a.wɔˈkaː.ti.oː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.voˈka.t͡si.o/, [a.voˈkaː.t͡si.o]
Noun
avocātiō f (genitive avocātiōnis); third declension
- A distraction.
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | avocātiō | avocātiōnēs |
| Genitive | avocātiōnis | avocātiōnum |
| Dative | avocātiōnī | avocātiōnibus |
| Accusative | avocātiōnem | avocātiōnēs |
| Ablative | avocātiōne | avocātiōnibus |
| Vocative | avocātiō | avocātiōnēs |
Descendants
- English: avocation
- Italian: avocazione
References
- 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