avocatio

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /a.u̯oˈkaː.ti.oː/, [äu̯ɔˈkäːt̪ioː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.voˈkat.t͡si.o/, [ävoˈkät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

avocātiō f (genitive avocātiōnis); third declension

A distraction.

Declension

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

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

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