convoco Latin · revision 8446

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''convocō''' (present infinitive convocāre, perfect active convocāvī, supine convocātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

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

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Georges and Gaffiot cite it from Cicero, of summoning the Senate and of calling men to social life.^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to call together, convoke, assemble, muster, as Cicero's ''senātum convocāre'' and Caesar's ''convocātō cōnsiliō'' “having called a council”,^(Georges 1913)^(Lewis 1890) and in Statius to bring together a substance, as a serpent its venom.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to call together.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Italian ''convocare'', French ''convoquer'' and Spanish ''convocar'', and through French it gave [[en|convoke]] in the 1590s; its participle gave [[en|convocate]] in the 1540s.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of assembling.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 45–96 AD – Statius uses it of gathering venom.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1590s – English ''convoke'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To call together, [[m|en|convoke]], assemble.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To bring together, collect.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[vocō]]

+ * [[convocātiō]]

+ * [[en|convoke]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}