evoco Latin · revision 8411

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la vōx}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ēvocō''' (present infinitive ēvocāre, perfect active ēvocāvī, supine ēvocātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[ex-]] “out” and [[vocō]] “to call”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of calling someone out.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to call out of a building, as in Plautus, and in Caesar to lure out.^(OLD 2012) In Cicero it meant to summon, call upon to appear, in Celsus to rouse to a state, and in Columella to draw out, extract.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to summon, call forth.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Italian ''evocare'', French ''évoquer'' and Spanish ''evocar'', and gave [[en|evoke]] in the 1620s; its participle gave [[en|evocate]].^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of calling out.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of luring out.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of summoning.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1620s – English ''evoke'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To call out.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To lure out.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To summon.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To rouse, [[m|en|evoke]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To draw out.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[vocō]]

+ * [[ēvocātiō]]

+ * [[en|evoke]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}