avocatus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →avoco, avocare, avocavi, avocatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
call/summon away; dissuade, divert, distract; remove, take away (property);
nom. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
- G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...nobis acceperat de cena, latranti sparserat, et ille avocatus cibo furorem suppresserat. Ceterum cum algentes utique petissemus..." - P
Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...noctem conviviis traheret, quam solus et nullis voluptatibus avocatus maestam vigilantiam et malas curas exerceret. Non enim Tiberius..."
