advoco

Catalan

Verb

advoco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of advocar

Latin

Etymology

  • From ad- (to, towards, at) +‎ vocō (to call, summon).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    advocō (present infinitive advocāre, perfect active advocāvī, supine advocātum); first conjugation

    1. to call, invite or summon someone to a place, invoke
      Synonyms: prōvocō, ēvocō, invocō, invītō, acciō, arcessō, citō, inclāmō, exciō
      Antonym: āvocō
    2. to get a respite, delay
    3. to give consolation, console; recommend
    4. (law) to call in as aid, assistant, witness or counsellor

    Conjugation

    1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Dalmatian: abucur, advocur
    • English: advoke, advocate
    • Italian: avvocare
    • Franco-Provençal: avoyer
    • Old French: avouchier, avoer
    • Portuguese: advogar, advocar
    • Sicilian: abbucari
    • Spanish: abogar
    • Spanish: advocar, avocar

    References

    • advoco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • advoco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • advoco”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • to summon an assembly of the people: contionem advocare (Sall. Iug. 33. 3)

    Portuguese

    Verb

    advoco

    1. first-person singular present indicative of advocar

    Spanish

    Verb

    advoco

    1. first-person singular present indicative of advocar