LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

āvocātiō

āvocātiō f (genitive āvocātiōnis)
Classical[aː.wɔˈkaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[a.voˈkat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. A distraction.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeāvocātiōāvocātiōnēs
genitiveāvocātiōnisāvocātiōnum
dativeāvocātiōnīāvocātiōnibus
accusativeāvocātiōnemāvocātiōnēs
ablativeāvocātiōneāvocātiōnibus
vocativeāvocātiōāvocātiōnēs

āvŏcātĭo, ōnis, f. id.,
I. a calling off from a thing, a diverting of the attention, diversion, interruption (very rare): avocatio a cogitandā molestiā, * Cic. Tusc. 3, 15, 33: In his, quae me sine avocatione circumstrepunt, etc., Sen. Ep. 56, 4.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin āvocātiō From āvocō (“to call off”) + -tiō (“-tion”, noun-forming suffix).

Descendants
  • Englishavocation
  • Italianavocazione

Quick answers

What does āvocātiō mean in Latin?
āvocātiō, a noun, means “A distraction.”.
What is the genitive of āvocātiō?
The genitive singular is āvocātiōnis. āvocātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce āvocātiō?
In classical Latin, [aː.wɔˈkaː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [a.voˈkat.t͡si.o].