avoco Latin · revision 31892

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *wṓkʷs}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈaː.wɔ.koː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈaː.vo.ko]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''āvocō''' (present infinitive āvocāre, perfect active āvocāvī, supine āvocātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ An old passive infinitive ''āvocārier'' occurs in a Republican law.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ab-|vocō|t2=to call]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan takes [[m|la|vocō]] as a denominative verb from the stem of [[m|la|vōx|t=voice]], which he traces to [[itc-pro|*wōkʷs]] and [[ine-pro|*wṓkʷs|t=voice]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[xum|subocau|t=I invoke]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Cicero uses it of Antony being called away from Mutina;^(OLD 2012) a Republican law already has the old passive infinitive.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to call or summon away, as Livy's “let him withdraw and call the plebs away”, or to another place, as the consuls who called the senate to the Flaminian meadows.^(OLD 2012) Livy also uses it of taking over a meeting from another, and in the Digest it means to withdraw property.^(OLD 2012) Of things it is to divert, as Columella's sap and Pliny the Elder's eyes turned away from the earth.^(OLD 2012) Most often it is to dissuade or distract, as Cicero's attempt to draw Pompey away from his union with Caesar, and his claim that pleasure never kept him from anyone's need;^(OLD 2012) Seneca uses it of occupying the mind.^(OLD 2012) Wiktionary also gives to amuse or cheer, and in law to reclaim or revoke.^(Wiktionary) Church Latin glosses it “withdraw, call away, remove, recall, divert, revoke, distract”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of Antony called away and of distraction.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of calling away the plebs and the senate.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Columella of diverting sap.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca of occupying the mind.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To call away, [[m|en|summon]] away; to call to another place.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To take over a meeting;^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ''(law)'' to withdraw property.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To turn aside, [[m|en|divert]]; to turn away the eyes.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|dissuade]], draw away from a course or pursuit.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|distract]]; to occupy, amuse.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[āvocāmentum]]

+ * [[āvocātiō]]

+ * [[āvocātor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[āvocātrīx]]

+ * [[voco|alt=vocō]]

+ * [[vox|alt=vōx]]

+ * [[revoco|alt=revocō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}