avocatio

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /a.woˈkaː.ti.oː/, [a.wɔˈkaː.ti.oː]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.voˈka.t͡si.o/, [a.voˈkaː.t͡si.o]

Noun

avocātiō f (genitive avocātiōnis); third declension

A distraction.

Inflection

Third declension.

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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