advocatio

Latin

Etymology

advocō +‎ -tiō

Noun

advocātiō f (genitive advocātiōnis); third declension

1. legal assistance; counsel
2. delay, adjournment
3. consolation

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	advocātiō	advocātiōnēs
genitive	advocātiōnis	advocātiōnum
dative	advocātiōnī	advocātiōnibus
accusative	advocātiōnem	advocātiōnēs
ablative	advocātiōne	advocātiōnibus
vocative	advocātiō	advocātiōnēs

Descendants

• English: advocation
• Old French: avoueson
  • Middle French: avouaison
    • French: avouaison
  • Anglo-Norman: avoueson
    • English: advowson
    • Norman: avouaison
• → Portuguese: advocação
• Spanish: advocación, avocación

References

• “advocatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “advocatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• advocatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.