verbfirst conjugation
revocō
revocō (present infinitive revocāre, perfect active revocāvī, supine revocātum)
Classical[ˈrɛ.wɔ.koː]Ecclesiastical[ˈrɛː.vo.ko]
№ 813 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- to recall (troops, etc.), to call back
- to withdraw
- to revive
- to regain, recover, bring back, restore
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
iterum vocō, redīre iubeō; amīcum revocat.revocō -āre — in Mille Verba, Thermae
rūrsus vocōrevocō -āre — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 3
Conjugation conjugation 1
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | revocō | revocābam | revocābō | revocāvī | revocāveram revocāram | revocāverō revocārō |
| 2nd sg. | revocās | revocābās | revocābis | revocāvistī revocāstī | revocāverās revocārās | revocāveris revocāris |
| 3rd sg. | revocat | revocābat | revocābit | revocāvit revocāt | revocāverat revocārat | revocāverit revocārit |
| 1st pl. | revocāmus | revocābāmus | revocābimus | revocāvimus revocāmus | revocāverāmus revocārāmus | revocāverimus revocārimus |
| 2nd pl. | revocātis | revocābātis | revocābitis | revocāvistis revocāstis | revocāverātis revocārātis | revocāveritis revocāritis |
| 3rd pl. | revocant | revocābant | revocābunt | revocāvērunt revocārunt, revocāvēre | revocāverant revocārant | revocāverint revocārint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | revocem | revocārem | revocāverim revocārim | revocāvissem revocāssem |
| 2nd sg. | revocēs | revocārēs | revocāverīs revocārīs | revocāvissēs revocāssēs |
| 3rd sg. | revocet | revocāret | revocāverit revocārit | revocāvisset revocāsset |
| 1st pl. | revocēmus | revocārēmus | revocāverīmus revocārīmus | revocāvissēmus revocāssēmus |
| 2nd pl. | revocētis | revocārētis | revocāverītis revocārītis | revocāvissētis revocāssētis |
| 3rd pl. | revocent | revocārent | revocāverint revocārint | revocāvissent revocāssent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | revocor | revocābar | revocābor |
| 2nd sg. | revocāris revocāre | revocābāris revocābāre | revocāberis revocābere |
| 3rd sg. | revocātur | revocābātur | revocābitur |
| 1st pl. | revocāmur | revocābāmur | revocābimur |
| 2nd pl. | revocāminī | revocābāminī | revocābiminī |
| 3rd pl. | revocantur | revocābantur | revocābuntur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | revocer | revocārer |
| 2nd sg. | revocēris revocēre | revocārēris revocārēre |
| 3rd sg. | revocētur | revocārētur |
| 1st pl. | revocēmur | revocārēmur |
| 2nd pl. | revocēminī | revocārēminī |
| 3rd pl. | revocentur | revocārentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | revocā | revocāre |
| pres. 2nd pl. | revocāte | revocāminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | revocātō | revocātor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | revocātō | revocātor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | revocātōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | revocantō | revocantor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | revocāre | revocārī |
| perfect infinitive | revocāvisse revocāsse | revocātum esse |
| future infinitive | revocātūrum esse | revocātum īrī |
| present participle | revocāns | — |
| perfect participle | — | revocātus revocāta, revocātā, revocātae, revocātam, revocātārum, revocātās, revocātī, revocātōrum, revocātōs |
| future participle | revocātūrus revocātūra, revocātūrā, revocātūrae, revocātūram, revocātūrārum, revocātūrās, revocātūre, revocātūrī, revocātūrīs, revocātūrō, revocātūrōrum, revocātūrōs, revocātūrum | revocandus revocanda, revocandā, revocandae, revocandam, revocandārum, revocandās, revocande, revocandīs, revocandōrum, revocandōs |
gerundrevocandī, revocandō, revocandumsupinerevocātum, revocātū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- intermissa studia revocare
- to resume one's studies.
- saepius revocatur (Liv. 7. 2. 9)
- he is encored several times.
- animum alicuius ab iracundia revocare
- to prevent some one from growing angry, appease his anger.
- ad temporum rationem aliquid revocare
- to calculate the date of an event.
- ad sanitatem adducere, revocare aliquem
- to bring some one back to his senses.
- in pristinam consuetudinem revocare aliquid
- to return to ancient usage.
- memoriam alicuius rei renovare, revocare (redintegrare)
- to recall a thing to one's recollection.
- ad artem, ad rationem revocare aliquid (De Or. 2. 11. 44)
- to reduce a thing to its theoretical principles; to apply theory to a thing.
2 more phrases
- ad philosophorum or philosophandi rationes revocare aliquid
- to deal with a subject on scientific principles.
- ad rationem, ad artem et praecepta revocare aliquid (De Or. 1. 41)
- to systematise.
rĕ-vŏco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
I. To call back, recall (class. and freq., esp. in the trop. sense).
A. Lit.
1. In gen.:
quotiens foras ire volo, me retines, revocas, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 5; cf. Suet. Claud. 15 fin.: de meo cursu rei publicae sum voce revocatus, Cic. Fam. 10, 1, 1: aliquem ex itinere, id. Div. 2, 8, 20; Suet. Aug. 98; id. Tib. 21: revocatus de exsilio Camillus, Liv. 5, 46: revocatum ex provinciā, Suet. Claud. 1: Caesar in Italiam revocabatur, Caes. B. C. 2, 18 fin.: spes Campanae defectionis Samnites rursus ad Caudium revocavit, Liv. 9, 27: quid me intro revocas? Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 12.— Absol.: heus abiit: quin revocas? Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 12; id. Ep. 2, 2, 17; id. Truc. 1, 2, 19: exclusit; revocat; redeam? Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 4; Hor. S. 2, 3, 264; Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 22; Liv. 30, 20: abeo; et revocas nono post mense, Hor. S. 1, 6, 61; Ov. M. 1, 503.— b. Transf., of things, to draw or fetch back, to withdraw, turn back, etc.:
lumina revocata, Ov. M. 7, 789: oculos meos, id. H. 16, 232: cupidas manus, id. A. A. 1, 452: pedem ab alto, Verg. A. 9, 125; cf. gradum, id. ib. 6, 128: deficientem capillum a vertice, to stroke back, Suet. Caes. 45: habenas, Sil. 16, 344: manus post terga, to bind, Sen. Thyest. 685: proscissam terram in liram, to bring back, restore, Col. 2, 10, 5; cf.: in vitibus revocantur ea, quae, etc., are pruned, Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 88; v. infra, B. 1. — Poet.: gelidos artus in vivum calorem, Ov. M. 4, 248.— 2. In partic.
a. Milit. t. t.
(a). To call back, recall; to call off, withdraw soldiers from a march or from any enterprise:
his rebus cognitis Caesar legiones equitatumque revocari atque itinere desistere jubet, Caes. B. G. 5, 11: insequentes nostros, ne longius prosequerentur, Sulla revocavit, id. B. C. 3, 51; Liv. 25, 14: quae receptui canunt, ut eos etiam revocent, Cic. Rep. 1, 2, 3: tardius revocati proelio excesserant, Sall. C. 9, 4; cf. Verg. A. 5, 167: equites, Caes. B. C. 1, 80: reliquas copias, id. B. G. 7, 35: naves omnes, id. B. C. 3, 14: hos certo signo, id. ib. 1, 27 fin.; 1, 28: milites ab opere, id. B. G. 2, 20: legiones ab opere, id. B. C. 1, 82: aestus crescens revocaverat fatigatos, Amm. 24, 4, 17.— (b). To recall to duty soldiers from a furlough:
milites, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 31, § 89: veteranos, Tac. H. 2, 82: inter ceteros conveteranos suos revocatus, Inscr. Orell. 3580.— (g). In gen., to call back, recall:
(Neptunus Tritona) jubet fluctus et flumina signo Jam revocare dato, Ov. M. 1, 335.—b. A theatrical t. t., to call for the repetition of a speech, a vocal performance, etc., to call back a player; to encore:
Livius (Andronicus), cum saepius revocatus vocem obtudisset, etc., Liv. 7, 2: Diphilus tragoedus revocatus aliquoties a populo, Val. Max. 6, 2, 9: quoties ego hunc (sc. Archiam) vidi magnum numerum versuum dicere ex tempore! quoties revocatum eandem rem dicere commutatis verbis atque sententiis, Cic. Arch. 8, 18: revocatus praeco, iterum pronunciavit eadem, Liv. 33, 32.—Also with an inanim. object: cum Orestem fabulam doceret Euripides, primos tres versus revocasse dicitur Socrates, to have encored, Cic. Tusc. 4, 29, 63. —Absol.: revocasse et repeti coëgisse, Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 12.—Impers. pass.: nominatim sum appellatus in Bruto Tullius qui libertatem civibus stabiliverat. Milies revocatum est, Cic. Sest. 58, 123.—c. To recall from death, bring back to life:
quā servetis revocatum a morte Dareta, Verg. A. 5, 476; cf.: Paeoniis revocatum herbis et amore Dianae, id. ib. 7, 769: dysentericos a morte revocari, Plin. 23, 6, 60, § 113.— B. Trop.
1. In gen., to call back, recall, resume; to withdraw, retire; to regain, recover; to draw back, draw off or away; to withhold, restrain, etc.:
facilius sicut in vitibus revocantur ea, quae sese nimium profuderunt, are checked, pruned, Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 88: et vires et corpus amisi: sed si morbum depulero, facile illa revocabo, will regain, recover, id. Fam. 7, 26, 2: quae (studia) remissa temporibus, longo intervallo intermissa revocavi, id. Tusc. 1, 1, 1; cf.: quod, utcunque praetermissum, revocari non posset, Liv. 44, 40: praetermissa, Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 44: quae (philosophia) nunc prope dimissa revocatur, Cic. Ac. 2, 4, 11: veteres artes, Hor. C. 4, 15, 12: priscos mores, Liv. 39, 41: antiquam duramque militiam, Tac. A. 1, 20 fin.: quaedam exoleta, Suet. Claud. 22: omissa, id. Vesp. 16; id. Dom. 4 et saep.: nonnumquam animum incitatum revoco ipse et reflecto, Cic. Sull. 16, 46; cf. id. Att. 13, 1: vinolenti dubitant, haesitant, revocant se interdum, recover themselves, bethink themselves, id. Ac. 2, 17, 52: ut quaedam contra naturam depravata restituerentur et corrigerentur ab naturā, cum se ipsa revocasset aut arte atque medicinā, had recovered herself, id. Div. 2, 46, 96: revocare se non poterat familiaritate implicatus, could not withdraw, id. Pis. 29, 70: primae revocabo exordia pugnae, Verg. A. 7, 40; cf. Sen. Ben. 7, 25, 2 al.: revocari in memoriam somnii, Just. 1, 5, 3; 7, 1, 8.— Poet., with inf.: nec tamen illa suae revocatur parcere famae, nor can she be induced, persuaded, etc., Prop. 1, 16, 11: memoriam ad referendam gratiam admonitione revocare, to bring, induce, Sen. Ben. 5, 25, 6: scalam nobis in memoriam revocare, Aug. Civ. Dei, 16, 38, 2; id. Serm. 280, 1: in memoriam rursus revocatus, Petr. 10: revocat tua forma parentem (with recordor), Sil. 16, 193: magni est ingenii revocare mentem a sensibus, Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 38; cf.: eos ab illā consuetudine, id. Rep. 2, 13, 25: quos (homines) spes praedandi studiumque bellandi ab agriculturā et cottidiano labore revocabat, Caes. B. G. 3, 17: aliquam a cupiditate, Cic. Clu. 5, 12: aliquem a turpissimo consilio, id. Att. 3, 15, 4: aliquem a tanto scelere, id. Cat. 3, 5, 10; cf. id. ib. 1, 9, 22: animum ab irā, Ov. Tr. 2, 557: jam lapsos ab errore, Quint. 2, 6, 2: perterritos animos a metu, id. 2, 16, 8 et saep.: ab errore ad rectiorem viam, Lact. 1, 1, 21: cum ex saevis et perditis rebus ad meliorem statum fortuna revocatur, Cic. ap. Amm. 15, 5, 23: disceptationem ab rege ad Romanos revocabant, Liv. 41, 20: rebus institutis ad humanitatem atque mansuetudinem revocavit animos hominum studiis bellandi jam immanes ac feros, Cic. Rep. 2, 14, 27: ad quam eos quasi formulam dicendi revocent, id. Opt. Gen. 5, 15: ad quae me exempla revocas, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 90, § 210; Quint. 10, 7, 32: rem paene ad manus, Cic. Clu. 49, 136: me ad pristina studia revocavi, id. Brut. 3, 11: me ad meum munus pensumque revocabo, id. de Or. 3, 30, 119: se ad industriam, id. Brut. 94, 323: se rursus ad moestitiam, id. Tusc. 3, 27, 64: se ad se, id. Ac. 2, 16, 51: vilicum ad rationem, compel to an account, Cato, R. R. 2, 2: libertinos ingratos revocavit in servitutem, Suet. Claud. 25: fortunae possessionesque omnium in dubium incertumque revocabuntur, Cic. Caecin. 27, 76: ad spem consulatūs in partem revocandam aspirare non auderet, to bring over to his side, Liv. 4, 35: quod temporis hortorum aut villarum curae seponitur, in animum revocabo, will transfer to my mind, Tac. A. 14, 54: abi, Quo blandae juvenum te revocant preces (= a me ad se vocant, Orell.), Hor. C. 4, 1, 7.—2. In partic.
a. Pregn.: ad aliquid, to apply, reduce, refer a thing to something as a standard (syn. referre) (Ciceron.):
impuri cujusdam et ambitiosi et omnia ad suam potentiam revocantis esse sententiam, Cic. Lael. 16, 59: misericordiā movetur, si is, qui audit, adduci potest, ut illa, quae de altero deplorentur, ad suas res revocet, id. de Or. 2, 52, 211: omnia ad artem et ad praecepta, id. ib. 2, 11, 44: omnia ad scientiam, id. Fin. 2, 13, 43: illa de urbis situ ad rationem, id. Rep. 2, 11, 22: rationem ad veritatem, id. Off. 3, 21, 84: rem ad illam rationem conjecturamque, id. Dom. 6, 15.— b. To recall, revoke, retract, cancel (not so till after the Aug. per.): si facta mihi revocare liceret. Ov. M. 9, 617:
promissum suum, Sen. Ben. 4, 39, 2: sententiam suam, Dig. 48, 18, 1 fin.: libertatem (shortly after: in servitutem retrahi), Tac. A. 13, 26: litteras, Suet. Vesp. 8: legatum ad quingenta, id. Galb. 5.—c. As law t. t.: domum, domum suam revocare, to appeal to a judge of one's own country or city: (legatis) revocandi domum suam jus datur, Dig. 5, 1, 2, §§ 3, 4, and 5.—
II. To ask back again, to invite in return: mutuo vocare, Non. (rare): domum suam istum non fere quisquam vocabat. Nec mirum;
qui neque in urbe viveret neque revocaturus esset, Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 52; Varr. ap. Non. 167, 14: cum vulpem revocasset, Phaedr. 1, 25, 7; Lact. 6, 12, 3.—Hence, transf.: tribuni plebis quoniam adhuc praesens certamen contentionemque fugerunt: nunc in meam contionem prodeant, et, quo provocati ad me venire noluerunt, revocati saltem revertantur, i. e. now that they are invited to come back, Cic. Agr. 3, 1, 1.— III. To call again, summon anew (rare):
itaque hominem populus revocat, et retrahatur necesse est, i. e. to answer a renewed accusation, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 4 (6), 6: tribuni de integro agere coeperunt revocaturosque se easdem tribus renuntiarunt, Liv. 45, 36 fin.; cf. id. 40, 46: refectum est convivium et rursus Quartilla ad bibendum revocavit, challenged us again, Petr. 23: convivam in diem posterum, Suet. Claud. 32.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
re-vocō āvī, ātus, āre,
to call again, call back, recall: Exclusit; revocat; redeam? H.: de medi<*> cursu rei p. voce revocatus: revocatus de exsilio, L.: Caesar in Italiam revocabatur, Cs.—Of troops, to call back, recall, call off, withdraw: legiones revocari atque itinere resistere iubet, Cs.: quae receptui canunt, ut eos etiam revocent: tardius revocati proelio excesserant, S.: equites, Cs.: ab opere legiones, Cs.: consul ab revocando ad incitandos versus milites, L.; cf. fluctūs et flumina signo dato, O.—Of a player or declaimer, to call back, recall, encore: Livius saepius revocatus, L.: hunc vidi revocatum eandem rem dicere: primos trīs versūs, to encore: miliens revocatum est.—To recall to life, revive, bring back: revocatus a morte, V.: gelidos artūs in vivum calorem, O.—To summon again: hominem populus revocat, i. e. prosecute anew: si revocemur in suffragium, are called to vote again, L.—To summon in turn: unde tu me vocasti, inde ibi ego te revoco, i. e. I answer by demanding that you leave (the estate).—To ask again, invite in return: domum suam istum vocabat qui neque revocaturus esset: volpem, Ph.— To draw back, withdraw, turn back: revocata (Lumina) rursus eodem Retuleram, O.: cupidas manūs, O.: pedem ab alto, V.—Fig., to call back, recall, resume, renew, regain, recover: dies revocandae libertatis: et virīs et corpus amisi: sed, facile illa revocabo, will recover: (studia) remissa temporibus: quod, utcunque praetermissum, revocari non posset, L.: veteres artīs, H.: exordia pugnae, i. e. recall to mind, V.: ductores, revocato a sanguine Teucri, i. e. the restored race, V.—To recall, check, control: in vitibus revocantur ea, quae, etc., i. e. are pruned: vinolenti revocant se interdum, bethink themselves.—To recall, withdraw, divert, turn away: revocare se non poterat familiaritate implicatus, could not withdraw: quos spes praedandi ab agriculturā revocabat, Cs.: te a turpitudine: animum ab irā, O.: me ad pristina studia: se ad industriam.—To recall, divert, turn, bring: disceptationem ab rege ad Romanos, L.: ad quae me exempla revocas: comitiis tot civitatum unam in domum revocatis, i. e. crowded: ad spem consulatūs in partem revocandam aspirare, to bring over to themselves (of the plebs), L.—To apply, reduce, refer, subject, submit: omnia ad suam potentiam revocantis esse sententiam: revocata res ad populum est, L.: illa de urbis situ ad rationem: rem ad illam rationem.—To recall, revoke, retract, cancel, undo: libertatem, i. e. to enslave again, Ta.: si facta mihi revocare liceret, O.
Origins
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinrevocō
Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der. Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ-der. Latin vocō Latin revocō From re- + vocō.
Descendants
- Catalanrevocar
- Englishrevoke
- Englishrevoice
- Frenchrévoquer
- Italianrevocare
- Portugueserevogar
- Romanianrevoca
- Spanishrevocar
- Old Frenchrevochier