avoco

See also: avocò

Italian

Verb

avoco

first-person singular present indicative of avocare

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.u̯o.koː/, [ˈäːu̯ɔkoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.vo.ko/, [ˈäːvoko]

Verb

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

to call off or away, withdraw, divert, remove, separate, turn
Synonyms: āvertō, dīvertō, dēmoveō

Antonyms: advocō, prōvocō, vocō
to distract or divert someone's attention
to dissuade, discourage, divert
to interrupt, hinder
Synonyms: interrumpō, interveniō, dirimō, irrumpō, frangō, īnfringō, rumpō
to divert by cheering; cheer, amuse, occupy
(law) to reclaim, recall, withdraw, confiscate
to revoke, disavow

Conjugation

Conjugation of āvocō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	āvocō	āvocās		āvocat	āvocāmus	āvocātis		āvocant
	imperfect	āvocābam	āvocābās		āvocābat	āvocābāmus	āvocābātis		āvocābant
	future	āvocābō	āvocābis		āvocābit	āvocābimus	āvocābitis		āvocābunt
	perfect	āvocāvī	āvocāvistī		āvocāvit	āvocāvimus	āvocāvistis		āvocāvēre, āvocāvērunt
	pluperfect	āvocāveram	āvocāverās		āvocāverat	āvocāverāmus	āvocāverātis		āvocāverant
	future perfect	āvocāverō	āvocāveris		āvocāverit	āvocāverimus	āvocāveritis		āvocāverint
passive	present	āvocor	āvocāre, āvocāris		āvocātur	āvocāmur	āvocāminī		āvocantur
	imperfect	āvocābar	āvocābāre, āvocābāris		āvocābātur	āvocābāmur	āvocābāminī		āvocābantur
	future	āvocābor	āvocābere, āvocāberis		āvocābitur	āvocābimur	āvocābiminī		āvocābuntur
	perfect	āvocātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	āvocātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	āvocātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	āvocem	āvocēs		āvocet	āvocēmus	āvocētis		āvocent
	imperfect	āvocārem	āvocārēs		āvocāret	āvocārēmus	āvocārētis		āvocārent
	perfect	āvocāverim	āvocāverīs		āvocāverit	āvocāverīmus	āvocāverītis		āvocāverint
	pluperfect	āvocāvissem	āvocāvissēs		āvocāvisset	āvocāvissēmus	āvocāvissētis		āvocāvissent
passive	present	āvocer	āvocēre, āvocēris		āvocētur	āvocēmur	āvocēminī		āvocentur
	imperfect	āvocārer	āvocārēre, āvocārēris		āvocārētur	āvocārēmur	āvocārēminī		āvocārentur
	perfect	āvocātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	āvocātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	āvocā		—	—	āvocāte		—
active	future	—	āvocātō		āvocātō	—	āvocātōte		āvocantō
passive	present	—	āvocāre		—	—	āvocāminī		—
passive	future	—	āvocātor		āvocātor	—	—		āvocantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		āvocāre		āvocārī		āvocāns		—
future		āvocātūrum esse		āvocātum īrī		āvocātūrus		āvocandus
perfect		āvocāvisse		āvocātum esse		—		āvocātus
future perfect		—		āvocātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		āvocātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		āvocandī	āvocandō		āvocandum	āvocandō	āvocātum		āvocātū

Derived terms

Related terms

āvocātrīx

Descendants

→ Catalan: avocar
→ English: avocate, avoke
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
avoco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to let oneself be perverted from one's duty: ab officio abduci, avocari

Portuguese

Verb

avoco

first-person singular present indicative of avocar

Spanish

Verb

avoco

first-person singular present indicative of avocar