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advoco
advoco
Latin
Verb
advocō (present infinitive advocāre, perfect active advocāvī, supine advocātum); first conjugation
- I call, invite or summon someone to a place, invoke.
- I get a respite, delay.
- I give consolation, console; recommend.
- (law) I call in as aid, assistant, witness or counsellor.
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References
- advoco in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- advoco in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “advoco”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to summon an assembly of the people: contionem advocare (Sall. Iug. 33. 3)
- to summon an assembly of the people: contionem advocare (Sall. Iug. 33. 3)