Italian

Verb

avoco

1. first-person singular present indicative of avocare

Latin

Etymology

Derived from ā- ‎(“from”, “away”) +‎ vocō ‎(“I call”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.wo.koː/, [ˈaː.wɔ.koː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.vo.ko/, [ˈaː.vo.ko]

Verb

āvocō ‎(present infinitive āvocāre, perfect active āvocāvī, supine āvocātum); first conjugation

1. I call off or away, withdraw, divert, remove, separate, turn.
2. I distract or divert someone's attention.
3. I dissuade, discourage, divert.
4. I interrupt, hinder.
5. I divert by cheering; cheer, amuse, occupy.
6. (law) I reclaim, recall, withdraw, confiscate.
7. I revoke, disavow.

Inflection

Derived terms

• āvocāmentum
• āvocātiō
• āvocātor

Related terms

• āvocātrīx

Descendants

• English: avocate
• Italian: avocare

References

• avoco in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• avoco in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “avoco”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to let oneself be perverted from one's duty: ab officio abduci, avocari