avocatio

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From avoco (I call off) +‎ -ātiō (-tion, noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

avocātiō f (genitive avocātiōnis); third declension

  1. A distraction.

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative avocātiō avocātiōnēs
Genitive avocātiōnis avocātiōnum
Dative avocātiōnī avocātiōnibus
Accusative avocātiōnem avocātiōnēs
Ablative avocātiōne avocātiōnibus
Vocative avocātiō avocātiōnēs

Descendants[edit]

  • English: avocation
  • Italian: avocazione

References[edit]

  • 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