LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

vocātiō

vocātiō f (genitive vocātiōnis)

Meaning

  1. summons
  2. invitation, bidding
  3. calling, vocation

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativevocātiōvocātiōnēs
genitivevocātiōnisvocātiōnum
dativevocātiōnīvocātiōnibus
accusativevocātiōnemvocātiōnēs
ablativevocātiōnevocātiōnibus
vocativevocātiōvocātiōnēs

vŏcātĭo, ōnis, f. voco, a calling; hence, in partic.,
I. A citing before a court; a summons, Varr. and Atei. Capito ap. Gell. 13, 12, 6; Varr. ib. 13, 13, 3.—
II. A bidding, invitation to dinner, etc., Cat. 47, 5.—
III. In eccl. Lat., calling, Vulg. 1 Cor. 1, 26; id. Heb. 3, 1: in caelo, Hilar. in Matt. 4, 15.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der. Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ-der. Latin vocō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin vocātiō From vocō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanvocació
  • Englishvocation
  • Frenchvocation
  • Italianvocazione
  • Portuguesevocação
  • Romanianvocație
  • Romanianvocațiune
  • Spanishvocación

In English words that came into English from vocātiō

  • vocationvocātiō

Quick answers

What does vocātiō mean in Latin?
vocātiō, a noun, means “summons; invitation, bidding; calling, vocation”.
What is the genitive of vocātiō?
The genitive singular is vocātiōnis. vocātiō is feminine, third declension.