LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation

ēvocō

ēvocō (present infinitive ēvocāre, perfect active ēvocāvī, supine ēvocātum)
Classical[ˈeː.wɔ.koː]Ecclesiastical[ˈɛː.vo.ko]

Meaning

  1. to summon, to call out, to call forth
  2. to evoke
  3. to lure or entice

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

mīlitēs senēs quī redeunt
recalled veterans
ēvocātī -ōrum (m) — in De Bello Gallico III, ch. 18

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Arcessere · Accire · Evocare · Accersere

1. Arcessere and accersere denote, in the most general sense, merely, to send for; accire supposes a co-ordinate relation in those that are sent for, as, to invite; evocare, a subordinate relation, as, to summon. The arcessens asks, the acciens entreats, the evocans commands, a person to make his appearance. Cic. Att. v. 1. Tu invita mulieres, ego accivero pueros: compare with Dejot. 5. Venit vel rogatus ut amicus, vel arcessitus ut socius, vel evocatus ut qui senatui parere didicisset. Or, Liv. x. 19. Collegæ auxilium, quod acciendum ultro fuerit, with xliv. 31. Evocati literis imperatoris. And xxix. 11. Æbutia accita ad Sulpiciam venit; and 12. Ut Hispalam libertinam arcesseret ad sese. 2. Arcessere (from cedere) means, originally, to order to approach; on the other hand, accersere (from σκαίρω), to come quickly, or, to make haste; but both words have been confounded with each other, from similarity of sound. (iii. 283.)

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.ēvocōēvocābamēvocābōēvocāvīēvocāveram
ēvocāram		ēvocāverō
ēvocārō
2nd sg.ēvocāsēvocābāsēvocābisēvocāvistī
ēvocāstī		ēvocāverās
ēvocārās		ēvocāveris
ēvocāris
3rd sg.ēvocatēvocābatēvocābitēvocāvit
ēvocāt		ēvocāverat
ēvocārat		ēvocāverit
ēvocārit
1st pl.ēvocāmusēvocābāmusēvocābimusēvocāvimus
ēvocāmus		ēvocāverāmus
ēvocārāmus		ēvocāverimus
ēvocārimus
2nd pl.ēvocātisēvocābātisēvocābitisēvocāvistis
ēvocāstis		ēvocāverātis
ēvocārātis		ēvocāveritis
ēvocāritis
3rd pl.ēvocantēvocābantēvocābuntēvocāvērunt
ēvocārunt, ēvocāvēre		ēvocāverant
ēvocārant		ēvocāverint
ēvocārint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.ēvocemēvocāremēvocāverim
ēvocārim		ēvocāvissem
ēvocāssem
2nd sg.ēvocēsēvocārēsēvocāverīs
ēvocārīs		ēvocāvissēs
ēvocāssēs
3rd sg.ēvocetēvocāretēvocāverit
ēvocārit		ēvocāvisset
ēvocāsset
1st pl.ēvocēmusēvocārēmusēvocāverīmus
ēvocārīmus		ēvocāvissēmus
ēvocāssēmus
2nd pl.ēvocētisēvocārētisēvocāverītis
ēvocārītis		ēvocāvissētis
ēvocāssētis
3rd pl.ēvocentēvocārentēvocāverint
ēvocārint		ēvocāvissent
ēvocāssent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.ēvocorēvocābarēvocābor
2nd sg.ēvocāris
ēvocāre		ēvocābāris
ēvocābāre		ēvocāberis
ēvocābere
3rd sg.ēvocāturēvocābāturēvocābitur
1st pl.ēvocāmurēvocābāmurēvocābimur
2nd pl.ēvocāminīēvocābāminīēvocābiminī
3rd pl.ēvocanturēvocābanturēvocābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.ēvocerēvocārer
2nd sg.ēvocēris
ēvocēre		ēvocārēris
ēvocārēre
3rd sg.ēvocēturēvocārētur
1st pl.ēvocēmurēvocārēmur
2nd pl.ēvocēminīēvocārēminī
3rd pl.ēvocenturēvocārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.ēvocāēvocāre
pres. 2nd pl.ēvocāteēvocāminī
fut. 2nd sg.ēvocātōēvocātor
fut. 3rd sg.ēvocātōēvocātor
fut. 2nd pl.ēvocātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.ēvocantōēvocantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveēvocāreēvocārī
perfect infinitiveēvocāvisse
ēvocāsse		ēvocātum esse
future infinitiveēvocātūrum esseēvocātum īrī
present participleēvocāns—
perfect participle—ēvocātus
ēvocāta, ēvocātā, ēvocātae, ēvocātam, ēvocātārum, ēvocātās, ēvocātī, ēvocātōrum, ēvocātōs
future participleēvocātūrus
ēvocātūra, ēvocātūrā, ēvocātūrae, ēvocātūram, ēvocātūrārum, ēvocātūrās, ēvocātūre, ēvocātūrī, ēvocātūrīs, ēvocātūrō, ēvocātūrōrum, ēvocātūrōs, ēvocātūrum		ēvocandus
ēvocanda, ēvocandā, ēvocandae, ēvocandam, ēvocandārum, ēvocandās, ēvocande, ēvocandīs, ēvocandōrum, ēvocandōs
gerundēvocandī, ēvocandō, ēvocandumsupineēvocātum, ēvocātū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

evocare undique copias
to call up troops from all sides.
evocati, voluntarii (B. G. 5. 56)
the volunteers.
aliquem ab inferis or a mortuis evocare, excitare (passive ab inferis exsistere)
to summon some one from the dead.

ē-vŏco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
I. to call out, call forth; to bring out, draw forth (class. —syn. invito, cito, etc.).
I. Lit.
A. In gen.: (Tullia) evocavit virum e curia, Liv. 1, 48: gubernatorem a navi huc, Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 12: aliquem huc foras, id. Cas. 2, 3, 54; id. Bacch. 5, 1, 29; id. Poen. 1, 2, 46: hinc foras, id. Rud. 2, 5, 22: intus foras, id. Men. 1, 3, 35; id. Ps. 2, 2, 10: aliquem ante ostium, id. Men. 4, 2, 111: mercatores undique ad se, to call together, summon, Caes. B. G. 4, 20, 4; cf.: aliquem litteris, Cic. Att. 2, 24: nostros ad pugnam, to call out, challenge, Caes. B. G. 5, 58, 2.—
2. Transf., of inanimate things (mostly post-Aug.): sucum quasi per siphonem, Col. 9, 14, 15; cf.: materiam ad extremas partes fricatione, Cels. 4, 14: abortum, Plin. 28, 19, 77, § 251: ut in longitudinem potius quam in latitudinem evocetur (salix), Col. 4, 31, 2; cf.: vitis evocata ad fructum, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 182.—
B. In partic.
1. Relig. t. t.: deum, to call a deity out of a besieged city, Liv. 1, 55, 4; 5, 21, 5; cf. Macr. S. 3, 9, 2; Dig. 1. 8, 9.—
2. In civil and milit. lang., to call out, summon to appear, sc. soldiers to military service: (Metellus) evocat ad se Centuripinorum magistratus et decemprimos, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 67; cf. id. ib. 2, 3, 28: senatum omnem ad se Decetiam, Caes. B. G. 7, 33: principes cujusque civitatis ad se, id. ib. 5, 54, 1; cf. id. B. C. 1, 35, 1: omnes (senatores), id. ib. 1, 3, 1: centuriones, id. ib. 1, 3, 4 et saep.: nominatim nobilissimum et fortissimum quemque ex omnibus civitatibus, id. ib. 1, 39, 2; cf. id. B. G. 3, 20, 2; 5, 4, 2; 7, 39, 1: reliquas legiones ex hibernis, id. B. C. 1, 8, 1: equites ex municipiis, id. ib. 1, 23, 2: hanc (legionem) initio tumultus, id. ib. 1, 7 fin.: magnam partem oppidanorum ad bellum, id. B. G. 7, 58, 4; cf. id. ib. 7, 44 fin.: multos undique spe praemiorum, id. B. C. 1, 3, 2; cf. id. B. G. 6, 34, 8; Liv. 4, 9 al.—
II. Trop.: probitas non praemiorum mercedibus evocata, called forth, elicited, Cic. Fin. 2, 31; cf. Quint. 1, 1, 20: misericordia nullius oratione evocata, called forth, produced, Cic. Deiot. 14, 40; cf. indicium, Plin. 28, 4, 12, § 47: iram, Sen. de Ira, 3, 8: risum lugentibus, id. Ep. 29: ad aliquem honorem evocatus, Caes. B. G. 7, 57, 3: eas (tacitas cogitationes) evocat in medium, Liv. 9, 17: aliquem in saevitiam ac violentiam, Sen. de Ira, 3, 5; cf.: aliquem in laetitiam, id. ib. 2, 21 al.; cf. Gron. Sen. Ep. 47, 17.—Hence, Part.: ēvŏcā-tus, a, um; as subst. (cf. evoco, B. 2.): ēvŏcāti, ōrum, m., soldiers who, having served out their time, were called upon to do military duty as volunteers, veterans, Caes. B. G. 7, 65 fin.; Cic. Fam. 3, 6, 5; Sall. C. 59, 3; Suet. Aug. 56 al.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinēvocō

Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der. Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ-der. Latin vocō Latin ēvocō From ex- + vocō.

Descendants
  • Catalanevocar
  • Englishevoke
  • Englishevocate
  • Frenchévoquer
  • Italianevocare
  • Portugueseevocar
  • Romanianevoca
  • Spanishevocar
  • Friulianevocâ
  • Galicianevocar

Quick answers

What does ēvocō mean in Latin?
ēvocō, a verb, means “to summon, to call out, to call forth; to evoke; to lure or entice”.
What are the principal parts of ēvocō?
ēvocō, ēvocāre, ēvocāvī, ēvocātum (first conjugation).
How do you pronounce ēvocō?
In classical Latin, [ˈeː.wɔ.koː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈɛː.vo.ko].
Where does ēvocō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ → Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs → Proto-Italic *eks → Latin ēvocō.