avocatio

== Latin == === Etymology === From āvocō (“I call off”) +‎ -ātiō (“-tion”, noun-forming suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aː.wɔˈkaː.ti.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.voˈkat.t͡si.o] === Noun === āvocātiō f (genitive āvocātiōnis); third declension A distraction. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== English: avocation Italian: avocazione === References === “avocatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “avocatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “avocatio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.