advocatus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin advocatus. Doublet of advocate and avocat.

Noun

advocatus (plural advocati)

1. (historical) A medieval officeholder, particularly important in the Holy Roman Empire, who was delegated some of the powers and functions of a major feudal lord, or for an institution such as an abbey.

Latin

Etymology

From advocō (“to call, summon”). The word may parallel Oscan akkatus, perhaps hinting at Proto-Italic *adwokātos.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ad.wɔˈkaː.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ad.voˈkaː.tus]

Noun

advocātus m (genitive advocātī, feminine advocāta); second declension

1. One called to aid.
2. (law) advocate, attendant (friend who supports in a trial)
3. witness, supporter
4. mediator

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	advocātus	advocātī
genitive	advocātī	advocātōrum
dative	advocātō	advocātīs
accusative	advocātum	advocātōs
ablative	advocātō	advocātīs
vocative	advocāte	advocātī

Related terms

• advocāta
• advocātiō
• advocō

Descendants

• Catalan: advocat
• Dalmatian: abucut
• Dutch: advocaat
• Old French: avoé
  • French: avoué
• Galician: avogado
• Istriot: aocato
• Italian: avvocato
• Maltese: avukat
• Norman: avocat
• Ladin: aucat
• Portuguese: advogado
• Romanian: advocat, avocat
• Russian: адвока́т m (advokát)
• Sardinian:
  • Campidanese: abbogau
  • Logudorese: abbocadu, avvocadu
• Sicilian: abbucatu
• Spanish: abogado
  • → Asturian: abogáu
  • → Cebuano: abogado
  • → Central Bikol: abogado
  • → English: abogado
  • → Hiligaynon: abogado
  • → Tagalog: abogado
• → Danish: advokat
• → Old French: advocat, avocat
  • → English: advocate, avocat
  • French: avocat
    • Guianese Creole: avoka
    • Mauritian Creole: avoka
    • → Ottoman Turkish: آووقات (avokat)
      • Turkish: avukat
  • → Middle Irish: abcóit
    • Irish: abhcóide
• → German: Advokat

Participle

advocātus (feminine advocāta, neuter advocātum); first/second-declension participle

1. called, invited, summoned
2. consoled

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	advocātus	advocāta	advocātum		advocātī	advocātae	advocāta
genitive	advocātī	advocātae	advocātī		advocātōrum	advocātārum	advocātōrum
dative	advocātō	advocātae	advocātō		advocātīs
accusative	advocātum	advocātam	advocātum		advocātōs	advocātās	advocāta
ablative	advocātō	advocātā	advocātō		advocātīs
vocative	advocāte	advocāta	advocātum		advocātī	advocātae	advocāta

References

• “advocatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “advocatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “advocatus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “advocatus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “advocatus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin