advoco

Catalan

Verb

advoco

first-person singular present indicative of advocar

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der.

Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ-der.

Latin vocō

Latin advocō

From ad- (“to, towards, at”) + vocō (“to call, summon”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈad.wɔ.koː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈad.vo.ko]

Verb

advocō (present infinitive advocāre, perfect active advocāvī, supine advocātum); first conjugation

to call, invite or summon someone to a place, invoke
Synonyms: prōvocō, ēvocō, invocō, invītō, acciō, arcessō, citō, inclāmō, exciō

Antonym: āvocō
to get a respite, delay
to give consolation, console; recommend
(law) to call in as aid, assistant, witness or counsellor

Conjugation

Conjugation of advocō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	advocō	advocās		advocat	advocāmus	advocātis		advocant
	imperfect	advocābam	advocābās		advocābat	advocābāmus	advocābātis		advocābant
	future	advocābō	advocābis		advocābit	advocābimus	advocābitis		advocābunt
	perfect	advocāvī	advocāvistī, advocāstī¹		advocāvit, advocāt¹	advocāvimus, advocāmus¹	advocāvistis, advocāstis¹		advocāvērunt, advocārunt, advocāvēre¹
	pluperfect	advocāveram, advocāram¹	advocāverās, advocārās¹		advocāverat, advocārat¹	advocāverāmus, advocārāmus¹	advocāverātis, advocārātis¹		advocāverant, advocārant¹
	future perfect	advocāverō, advocārō¹	advocāveris, advocāris¹		advocāverit, advocārit¹	advocāverimus, advocārimus¹	advocāveritis, advocāritis¹		advocāverint, advocārint¹
passive	present	advocor	advocāris, advocāre		advocātur	advocāmur	advocāminī		advocantur
	imperfect	advocābar	advocābāris, advocābāre		advocābātur	advocābāmur	advocābāminī		advocābantur
	future	advocābor	advocāberis, advocābere		advocābitur	advocābimur	advocābiminī		advocābuntur
	perfect	advocātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	advocātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	advocātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	advocem	advocēs		advocet	advocēmus	advocētis		advocent
	imperfect	advocārem	advocārēs		advocāret	advocārēmus	advocārētis		advocārent
	perfect	advocāverim, advocārim¹	advocāverīs, advocārīs¹		advocāverit, advocārit¹	advocāverīmus, advocārīmus¹	advocāverītis, advocārītis¹		advocāverint, advocārint¹
	pluperfect	advocāvissem, advocāssem¹	advocāvissēs, advocāssēs¹		advocāvisset, advocāsset¹	advocāvissēmus, advocāssēmus¹	advocāvissētis, advocāssētis¹		advocāvissent, advocāssent¹
passive	present	advocer	advocēris, advocēre		advocētur	advocēmur	advocēminī		advocentur
	imperfect	advocārer	advocārēris, advocārēre		advocārētur	advocārēmur	advocārēminī		advocārentur
	perfect	advocātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	advocātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	advocā		—	—	advocāte		—
active	future	—	advocātō		advocātō	—	advocātōte		advocantō
passive	present	—	advocāre		—	—	advocāminī		—
passive	future	—	advocātor		advocātor	—	—		advocantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		advocāre		advocārī		advocāns		—
future		advocātūrum esse		advocātum īrī		advocātūrus		advocandus
perfect		advocāvisse, advocāsse¹		advocātum esse		—		advocātus
future perfect		—		advocātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		advocātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		advocandī	advocandō		advocandum	advocandō	advocātum		advocātū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Dalmatian: abucur, advocur
→ English: advoke, advocate
Italian: avvocare
Franco-Provençal: avoyer
Old French: avouchier, avoer
- Middle French: avouer
  - French: avouer
- → English: avow
- Anglo-Norman: avocher, avoucher
- → English: avouch
- Norman: avouchier
Old Leonese: avogar
- Asturian: abogar
Portuguese: advogar, advocar
Sicilian: abbucari
Spanish: abogar
→ Spanish: advocar, avocar

References

“advoco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“advoco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“advoco”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to summon an assembly of the people: contionem advocare (Sall. Iug. 33. 3)

Portuguese

Verb

advoco

first-person singular present indicative of advocar

Spanish

Verb

advoco

first-person singular present indicative of advocar