avocatio

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

āvocātiō f (genitive āvocātiōnis); third declension

  1. 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.