avocatio
Latin
Etymology
From āvocō (“I call off”) + -ātiō (“-tion”, noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aː.wɔˈkaː.ti.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.voˈkat̪.t̪͡s̪i.o]
Noun
āvocātiō f (genitive āvocātiōnis); third declension
- A distraction.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | āvocātiō | āvocātiōnēs |
| genitive | āvocātiōnis | āvocātiōnum |
| dative | āvocātiōnī | āvocātiōnibus |
| accusative | āvocātiōnem | āvocātiōnēs |
| ablative | āvocātiōne | āvocātiōnibus |
| vocative | āvocātiō | āvocātiōnēs |
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.