English → Latin
“avocation” in Latin
abdūcōto lead away or aside, take away, bring away, carry off; detach, remove; to take (with one) to dine; to take asidemūniaduties, functionsofficiumduty, service, office; obligation, an obligatory service, visit, or gesture; kindness, favor, courtesynegōtiumbusiness, employment, occupation, affair; difficulty, pains, trouble, labor; matter, thing (= πρᾶγμα (prâgma))animuslife, life force, soul, vitality (that life-giving aspect which animates a thing); conscience, intellect, mind, reason, cōgitātiōthinking, meditation, reflection; thought; reasoningāvocōto call off or away, withdraw, divert, remove, separate, turn; to distract or divert someone's attention; to dissuade, doccupātiōseizing, occupying (taking possession); occupation, employment; trouble, unrest
The English word avocation itself goes back to Latin vocō, through āvocātiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
avocation
that which calls aside: quod (animum, cogitationem, etc.) avocat, abducit.
Business munia, plur., officium: negotia. The avocations of business, negotia or occupationes, quibus aliquis implicitus est, ornegotia only.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for avocation?
- The usual Latin words for “avocation” are abdūcō, mūnia, officium; also negōtium, animus, cōgitātiō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.