LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation

advocō

advocō (present infinitive advocāre, perfect active advocāvī, supine advocātum)
Classical[ˈad.wɔ.koː]Ecclesiastical[ˈad.vo.ko]

Meaning

  1. to call, invite or summon someone to a place, invoke
  2. to get a respite, delay
  3. to give consolation, console; recommend
  4. to call in as aid, assistant, witness or counsellor

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

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Advocatus · Causidicus

Advocatus means in the writers of the silver age ‘a counsel’ in relation to his services and to his client, as his friend and assistant; causidicus, in relation to his station and profession, often with the contemptuous accessory notion of his being a hireling. (vi. 8.)

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.advocōadvocābamadvocābōadvocāvīadvocāveram
advocāram		advocāverō
advocārō
2nd sg.advocāsadvocābāsadvocābisadvocāvistī
advocāstī		advocāverās
advocārās		advocāveris
advocāris
3rd sg.advocatadvocābatadvocābitadvocāvit
advocāt		advocāverat
advocārat		advocāverit
advocārit
1st pl.advocāmusadvocābāmusadvocābimusadvocāvimus
advocāmus		advocāverāmus
advocārāmus		advocāverimus
advocārimus
2nd pl.advocātisadvocābātisadvocābitisadvocāvistis
advocāstis		advocāverātis
advocārātis		advocāveritis
advocāritis
3rd pl.advocantadvocābantadvocābuntadvocāvērunt
advocārunt, advocāvēre		advocāverant
advocārant		advocāverint
advocārint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.advocemadvocāremadvocāverim
advocārim		advocāvissem
advocāssem
2nd sg.advocēsadvocārēsadvocāverīs
advocārīs		advocāvissēs
advocāssēs
3rd sg.advocetadvocāretadvocāverit
advocārit		advocāvisset
advocāsset
1st pl.advocēmusadvocārēmusadvocāverīmus
advocārīmus		advocāvissēmus
advocāssēmus
2nd pl.advocētisadvocārētisadvocāverītis
advocārītis		advocāvissētis
advocāssētis
3rd pl.advocentadvocārentadvocāverint
advocārint		advocāvissent
advocāssent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.advocoradvocābaradvocābor
2nd sg.advocāris
advocāre		advocābāris
advocābāre		advocāberis
advocābere
3rd sg.advocāturadvocābāturadvocābitur
1st pl.advocāmuradvocābāmuradvocābimur
2nd pl.advocāminīadvocābāminīadvocābiminī
3rd pl.advocanturadvocābanturadvocābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.advoceradvocārer
2nd sg.advocēris
advocēre		advocārēris
advocārēre
3rd sg.advocēturadvocārētur
1st pl.advocēmuradvocārēmur
2nd pl.advocēminīadvocārēminī
3rd pl.advocenturadvocārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.advocāadvocāre
pres. 2nd pl.advocāteadvocāminī
fut. 2nd sg.advocātōadvocātor
fut. 3rd sg.advocātōadvocātor
fut. 2nd pl.advocātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.advocantōadvocantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveadvocāreadvocārī
perfect infinitiveadvocāvisse
advocāsse		advocātum esse
future infinitiveadvocātūrum esseadvocātum īrī
present participleadvocāns—
perfect participle—advocātus
future participleadvocātūrus
advocātūra, advocātūrā, advocātūrae, advocātūram, advocātūrārum, advocātūrās, advocātūre, advocātūrī, advocātūrīs, advocātūrō, advocātūrōrum, advocātūrōs, advocātūrum		advocandus
advocanda, advocandā, advocandae, advocandam, advocandārum, advocandās, advocande, advocandīs, advocandōrum, advocandōs
gerundadvocandī, advocandō, advocandumsupineadvocātum, advocātū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

contionem advocare (Sall. Iug. 33. 3)
to summon an assembly of the people.

ad-vŏco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
I. to call or summon one to a place, esp. for counsel, aid, etc.; constr. absol., with ad, in, or dat.
I. In gen.
A. Lit.: ego Tiresiam advocabo et consulam quid faciendum censeat, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 76: contionem, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 80: aliquem ad obsignandum, id. Att. 12, 18; so Liv. 1, 39: viros primarios in consilium, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 7, § 18; so Liv. 42, 33: ego vos, quo pauca monerem, advocavi, Sall. C. 60: eo (i. e. in aedem Concordiae) senatum advocat, id. ib. 47: (Deus) advocabit caelum desursum, Vulg. Psa. 49, 4: advocari gaudiis, to be invited, Hor. C. 4, 11, 13: aegro, Ov. R. Am. 110: causis, Quint. 11, 1, 38.—
B. Trop.: animum ad se ipsum advocamus, we turn the mind upon itself, call the thoughts home, Cic. Tusc. 1, 31: non desiderat fortitudo advocatam iracundiam, id. ib. 4, 23; so id. Ac. 2, 27; id. Tusc. 5, 38. —
II. Esp.
A. In judicial lang., t. t., to avail one's self of some one in a cause, as aid, assistant, witness, counsellor, etc., to call in: aliquem alicui, Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 6; so id. Bacch. 2, 3, 28; id. Ps. 4, 7, 59: aliquot mihi Amicos advocabo, Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 83: viros bonos complures advocat, Cic. Quint. 21: in his, quos tibi advocasti, id. ib. 2 al.—Also used of the friend of the plaintiff or defendant, who calls in his friends to aid in the suit: Oppianicus in judicio Scamandri aderat, frequens advocabat, Cic. Clu. 19.—Hence, transf. to other things, to call to one's aid, to call to for help, to summon: desuper Alcides telis premit omniaque arma Advocat, Verg. A. 8, 249: secretas artes, Ov. M. 7, 138: ad conamina noctem, Sil. 9, 82; Sen. Troad. 613: aliquid in tutelam securitatis suae, Vell. 2, 108: vires suas, Sen. Ben. 6, 2.—
B. To get a respite, to delay, Plin. Ep. 5, 8; v. advocatio, II. C. —
C. To give consolation, to console (in imitation of the Gr. παρακαλεῖν), Tert. adv. Marc. 14.!*? In the phrase ADVOCAPIT CONCTOS, in the song of the Fratres Arvales, Grotef. (Gr. II. 290) explains advocapit as an old imperat., instead of advocabite.Hence, advŏcātus, i, m.
A. In the class. per., in judicial lang., one who is called by one of the parties in a suit to aid as a witness or counsel, a legal assistant, counsellor (diff. from patronus or orator, who spoke for a client engaged in a suit; from cognitor, who appeared in the name of such parties as had themselves been at first in court; and from procurator, who appeared for such as were absent, Ascon. ad Cic. Div. in Caecil. 4; Ruhnk. ad Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 48; Heind. ad Hor. S. 2, 5, 38; v. Smith's Dict. Antiq.): quaeso, ut advocatus mihi adsis neve abeas, Plaut. Am. 4, 3, 3; so id. Men. 5, 2, 47; id. Mil. 5, 26; id. Poen. 3, 1, 23; 6, 11; id. Trin. 5, 2, 37 al.: adversusne illum causam dicerem, cui veneram advocatus? Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 43; so id. Eun. 2, 3, 49; 4, 6, 26; id. Ad. 4, 5, 11: quis eum umquam non modo in patroni, sed in laudatoris aut advocati loco viderat, Cic. Clu. 40; id. Phil. 1, 7: venire advocatum alicui in rem praesentem, id. Off. 1, 10, etc.; Liv. 42, 33, 1.—
B. In the post-Aug. per., for patronus, orator, etc., who conducted a process for any one, an advocate, attorney, etc., Quint. 12, 1, 13; cf. id. 12, 1, 25; 5, 6 fin.; 9, 3, 22; Plin. Ep. 7, 22; Tac. A. 11, 5, 6; Suet. Claud. 15 and 33.—
C. Esp., in eccl. Lat., of Christ as our intercessor, advocate: advocatum habemus apud Patrem, Jesum Christum, Vulg. 1 Joan. 2, 1.—
D. Transf., in gen., an assistant, helper, friend: se in fugam conferunt unā amici advocatique ejus, Cic. Caecin. 8, 22.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinadvocō

Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der. Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ-der. Latin vocō Latin advocō From ad- (“to, towards, at”) + vocō (“to call, summon”).

Descendants
  • Englishadvoke
  • Englishadvocate
  • Italianavvocare
  • Frenchavouerfrom Old French avouchier
  • Englishavowfrom Old French avouchier
  • Englishavouchfrom Old French avouchier
  • Portugueseadvogar
  • Portugueseadvocar
  • Spanishabogar
  • Spanishadvocar

In English words that came into English from advocō

  • advocateadvocātus
  • avowadvocō
  • avouchadvocō
  • advocationadvocātiō
  • advokeadvocare
  • advocatrixadvocātrīx
  • advowsonadvocātiō
  • abogadoadvocātus

Quick answers

What does advocō mean in Latin?
advocō, a verb, means “to call, invite or summon someone to a place, invoke; to get a respite, delay; to give consolation, console”.
What are the principal parts of advocō?
advocō, advocāre, advocāvī, advocātum (first conjugation).
How do you pronounce advocō?
In classical Latin, [ˈad.wɔ.koː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈad.vo.ko].
Where does advocō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd → Proto-Italic *ad → Proto-Italic *ad- → Latin advocō.
Which English words come from advocō?
English words that go back to Latin advocō include avow, avouch, advoke, advocate, advocation and advocatrix.