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(verb) : ā-vŏco, āvi, ātum, 1, (arch.
* Inf., AVOCARIER, C. I. L. I. p. 198), to call off or away.
* In gen.: partem exercitūs ad bellum,Liv. 4, 61, 3: pubem in arcem praesidio armisque obtinendam,id. 1, 6, 1: Consul ab omnibus magistratibus et comitiatum et contionem avocare potest. Messala ap. Gell. 13, 16, 1.—With dat. (for ab aliquo): nec avocare alius alii posset, si contionem habere volunt, Messala ap. Gell. 13, 16, 1.— Trop.: a rebus occultis avocare philosophiam,Cic. Ac. 1, 4, 15: ut (orator) a propriis personis et temporibus avocet controversiam,id. Or. 14, 45: quibusdam ad Antiochum multitudinis animos avocantibus,Liv. 37, 9, 1.
* Esp.
* To call one off from an action, purpose, wish, etc., i. e. to withdraw, divert, turn, remove, separate (the usual signif. of the word): aliquem ab aliquā re voluptas avocat,Cic. Arch. 6, 12: si te laus adlicere ad recte faciendum non potest, ne metus quidem a foedissimis factis potest avocare?id. Phil. 2, 45: aliquem ab alicujus conjunctione,id. ib. 2, 10: quos jam aetas a proeliis avocabat,id. Rosc. Am. 32, 90: senectus avocat a rebus gerendis,id. Sen. 5, 15; so id. Balb. 26, 59: qui omnino avocent a philosophiā,id. Fin. 1, 1, 2; id. Leg. 2, 4, 9 hos a bello avocas, Nep. Epam. 5, 3: avocat a curā vocis ille adfectus,Quint. 11, 3, 25; Suet. Aug. 40.
* In the Lat. of the jurists = revocare, to reclaim, recall: partem ejus, quod in fraudem datum esset,Dig. 22, 3, 6; so, possessionem,ib. 19, 1, 3; also with dat. (for ab aliquo): non potest avocari ei res,ib. 35, 2, 1.
* To withdraw by interrupting, to interrupt, hinder: multum distringebar frigidis negotiis, quae simul et avocant animum et comminuunt,Plin. Ep. 9, 2, 1.
* To divert by cheering, to divert, cheer, amuse: ab iis quae avocant abductus, et liber et mihi relictus,Plin. Ep. 9, 36, 2; hence, se, to divert, entertain one's self, Arn. 7, p. 215; and pass. with mid. sense: illic avocare et illic lude, * Vulg. Eccli. 32, 15.
* Trop.: factum,to revoke, disavow,Dig. 39, 5, 6: arma,to make a feint in fighting,Quint. 9, 1, 20.
* Inf., AVOCARIER, C. I. L. I. p. 198), to call off or away.
* In gen.: partem exercitūs ad bellum,Liv. 4, 61, 3: pubem in arcem praesidio armisque obtinendam,id. 1, 6, 1: Consul ab omnibus magistratibus et comitiatum et contionem avocare potest. Messala ap. Gell. 13, 16, 1.—With dat. (for ab aliquo): nec avocare alius alii posset, si contionem habere volunt, Messala ap. Gell. 13, 16, 1.— Trop.: a rebus occultis avocare philosophiam,Cic. Ac. 1, 4, 15: ut (orator) a propriis personis et temporibus avocet controversiam,id. Or. 14, 45: quibusdam ad Antiochum multitudinis animos avocantibus,Liv. 37, 9, 1.
* Esp.
* To call one off from an action, purpose, wish, etc., i. e. to withdraw, divert, turn, remove, separate (the usual signif. of the word): aliquem ab aliquā re voluptas avocat,Cic. Arch. 6, 12: si te laus adlicere ad recte faciendum non potest, ne metus quidem a foedissimis factis potest avocare?id. Phil. 2, 45: aliquem ab alicujus conjunctione,id. ib. 2, 10: quos jam aetas a proeliis avocabat,id. Rosc. Am. 32, 90: senectus avocat a rebus gerendis,id. Sen. 5, 15; so id. Balb. 26, 59: qui omnino avocent a philosophiā,id. Fin. 1, 1, 2; id. Leg. 2, 4, 9 hos a bello avocas, Nep. Epam. 5, 3: avocat a curā vocis ille adfectus,Quint. 11, 3, 25; Suet. Aug. 40.
* In the Lat. of the jurists = revocare, to reclaim, recall: partem ejus, quod in fraudem datum esset,Dig. 22, 3, 6; so, possessionem,ib. 19, 1, 3; also with dat. (for ab aliquo): non potest avocari ei res,ib. 35, 2, 1.
* To withdraw by interrupting, to interrupt, hinder: multum distringebar frigidis negotiis, quae simul et avocant animum et comminuunt,Plin. Ep. 9, 2, 1.
* To divert by cheering, to divert, cheer, amuse: ab iis quae avocant abductus, et liber et mihi relictus,Plin. Ep. 9, 36, 2; hence, se, to divert, entertain one's self, Arn. 7, p. 215; and pass. with mid. sense: illic avocare et illic lude, * Vulg. Eccli. 32, 15.
* Trop.: factum,to revoke, disavow,Dig. 39, 5, 6: arma,to make a feint in fighting,Quint. 9, 1, 20.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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