evocatus Latin · revision 34490

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 50 BC, Caesar|origins=la ēvocō}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ēvocātus''' ''m'' (genitive ēvocātī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[der|la|ēvocō|t=to call out, summon]], its perfect passive participle used as a noun.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Caesar uses it of a soldier called back to service,^(Conte 2010)^(Lewis 1890) and the first inscription the TLL lists is CIL I² 1669.^(TLL)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ According to the OLD it first meant a man whom a commander had specially invited to serve under him; later it was limited to senior soldiers who had completed their service; from the early Empire on it meant former members of the praetorian and urban cohorts.^(OLD 2012) The TLL describes it as a military rank used from the last years of the Republic until about the time of Constantine, recorded in many inscriptions and abbreviated there in many ways.^(TLL) Sallust also uses the plural,^(Lewis 1890) and Conte gives the sense “supernumerary” from Suetonius.^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of re-enlisted veterans.^(Conte 2010)^(Lewis 1890)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust uses the plural ''ēvocātī''.^(Lewis 1890)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius uses it of men outside the regular roll.^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A man specially invited by a commander to serve under him.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A [[m|en|veteran]] called back to [[m|en|military]] service after completing it.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis 1890)^(Wiktionary)

+ # From the early Empire, a former member of the [[m|en|praetorian]] or urban cohorts serving on.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ The word is also simply the participle of [[ēvocō]], “called out”.^(Lewis 1890)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}