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
Menaechmi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...iubeas, lanam carere. MAT. Non equidem mihi te advocatum, pater, adduxi, sed viro. hinc stas, illim causam dicis..."Liber I
Aulus Gellius
"...quod dicitur "hic illi superest", cum dicendum est advocatum esse quem cuipiam causamque eius defendere. Atque id dicitur..."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..."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..."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..."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..."Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...Vtriusque rei exemplum pro Caecina. Pisonem, adversae partis advocatum, adloquens Cicero dicit: "restituisse te dixti: nego..."Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...haec vicit tantum non defuisse sibi advocatum sciat:V. ubi vero animis iudicum vis adferenda..."
