vocatio

Latin

Etymology

From vocō +‎ -tiō.

Noun

vocātiō f (genitive vocātiōnis); third declension

  1. summons
  2. invitation, bidding
  3. calling, vocation

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative vocātiō vocātiōnēs
genitive vocātiōnis vocātiōnum
dative vocātiōnī vocātiōnibus
accusative vocātiōnem vocātiōnēs
ablative vocātiōne vocātiōnibus
vocative vocātiō vocātiōnēs

Descendants

  • Catalan: vocació
  • English: vocation
  • French: vocation
  • Italian: vocazione
  • Portuguese: vocação
  • Romanian: vocație, vocațiune
  • Spanish: vocación

References

  • vocatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vocatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "vocatio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • vocatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • vocatio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin