LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

advocātiō

advocātiō f (genitive advocātiōnis)

Meaning

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

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

auxilium in iūdiciō
advocātiō -ōnis (f) — in Epistulae, ch. 5

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeadvocātiōadvocātiōnēs
genitiveadvocātiōnisadvocātiōnum
dativeadvocātiōnīadvocātiōnibus
accusativeadvocātiōnemadvocātiōnēs
ablativeadvocātiōneadvocātiōnibus
vocativeadvocātiōadvocātiōnēs

advŏcātĭo, ōnis, f. advoco,
I. a calling to or summoning (in the class. per. only as t. t. in judicial lang.).
I. Lit., abstr., legal assistance, judicial aid (v. advoco and advocatus): tu in re militari multo es cautior quam in advocationibus, Cic. Fam. 7, 10.—
II. Transf.
A. Concr., legal assistance, the whole body of assistants, counsel (= the bar): haec advocatio, Cic. Sest. 56: so id. Quint. 14; id. Rosc. Com. 5; id. Caecin. 15; id. Sull. 29; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 49; id. Dom. 21; Liv. 3, 47 al.—
B. The time allowed for procuring legal assistance: ut binas advocationes postulent, Cic. Fam. 7, 11 Manut.; Quint. Decl. 280.—Hence,
C. Any kind of delay or adjournment (freq. in Seneca): ratio advocationem sibi petit, ira festinat, Sen. de Ira, 1, 16; so id. Cons. ad Marc. 10; id. Q. N. 7, 10.—
D. Consolation, Tert. Patient. 11; v. advoco, II. C.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin advocātiō From advocō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Englishadvocation
  • Frenchavouaisonfrom Old French avoueson
  • Englishadvowsonfrom Old French avoueson
  • Portugueseadvocação
  • Spanishadvocación
  • Spanishavocación
  • Normanavouaisonfrom Old French avoueson

In English words that came into English from advocātiō

  • advocationadvocātiō
  • advowsonadvocātiō

Quick answers

What does advocātiō mean in Latin?
advocātiō, a noun, means “legal assistance; counsel; delay, adjournment”.
What is the genitive of advocātiō?
The genitive singular is advocātiōnis. advocātiō is feminine, third declension.