advocatio

Latin

Etymology

advocō +‎ -tiō

Noun

advocātiō f (genitive advocātiōnis); third declension

  1. legal assistance; counsel
  2. delay, adjournment
  3. consolation

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative advocātiō advocātiōnēs
Genitive advocātiōnis advocātiōnum
Dative advocātiōnī advocātiōnibus
Accusative advocātiōnem advocātiōnēs
Ablative advocātiōne advocātiōnibus
Vocative advocātiō advocātiōnēs

Descendants
  • English: advocation
  • Old French: avoueson
    • Middle French: avouaison
      • French: avouaison
    • Anglo-Norman: avoueson
  • → Portuguese: advocação
  • Spanish: advocación, avocación

References
  • “advocatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “advocatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • advocatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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