advocatum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →advoco, advocare, advocavi, advocatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
call, summon, invite, convoke, call for; call in as counsel; invoke the Gods;
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →advocata, advocatae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
helper (female), supporter, counselor;
gen. pl. - Entry →advocatus, advocati:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
counselor, advocate, professional pleader; witness, supporter, mediator;
acc. sg.gen. pl.
Examples
- T
Menaechmi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...iubeas, lanam carere. MAT. Non equidem mihi te advocatum, pater, adduxi, sed viro. hinc stas, illim causam dicis..." - A
Liber I
Aulus Gellius
"...quod dicitur "hic illi superest", cum dicendum est advocatum esse quem cuipiam causamque eius defendere. Atque id dicitur..." - L
Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...oblivio. Audentis fortuna iuvat, piger ipse sibi opstat. Advocatum ista non quaerunt: adfectus ipsos tangunt et natura..." - L
de Clementia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...prodesse famae tuae potest.' 7. Gavisus, sibi quod advocatum invenerat, uxori quidem gratias egit, renuntiari autem extemplo amicis..." - L
APOCOLOCYNTOSIS
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger)
"...CCXXI, ceteros ὅσα ψάμαθός τε κόνις τε. Advocatum non invenit. Tandem procedit P. Petronius, vetus convictor eius, homo..." - M
Liber XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...asperioribus verbis parcamus, non inutilem sane litium advocatum, quem denique causidicum vulgo vocant, sed virum cum ingenii natura..." - M
Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...Vtriusque rei exemplum pro Caecina. Pisonem, adversae partis advocatum, adloquens Cicero dicit: "restituisse te dixti: nego..." - M
Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...haec vicit tantum non defuisse sibi advocatum sciat:V. ubi vero animis iudicum vis adferenda..."
