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vocāre to call
vocāre is a Latin Verb that primarily means to call.
Definitions for vocāre
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
to call, summon
English derivatives:
vocation advocate vocabulary convoke evoke invoke provoke revoke
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
To call (a person, in order to attract his attention). (b) to call upon, invoke (gods, etc.). (c) to call out (a name); to address by name. (d) (gram)casus ~andi, the vocative case.
- 2
To summon (by vocal or other means), call. (b) (of abst. or inanim. subjs.). (c) (usu. poet.) to call up or out, summon (things).
- 3
To invite (a guest).
- 4
To call upon (officially) to attend, summon. (b) to call up men for military service; (less formally), to call to arms; (c) (leg.) (of a plaintiff) to summon (a defendant) to appear in court (before the praetor); (in more general sense), to bring to court, bring to trial. (d) to call as witnesses (of a vow). (e) to manumit (a slave).
- 5
To challenge (to a contest). (b) (as a legal fiction in an actio in rem) to call out of court to settle the issue by physical combat.
Sentences with vocāre
Latin to English
Mē saepe vocant et (and) monent.Compare They often call and advise me.
Cum hostēs contrā nōs celeriter veniant, volumus nostrōs ad arma quam celerrimē vocāre.Compare Since the enemy are coming swiftly against us, we want to call our men to arms as quickly as possible.
Neque enim specie famave movetur nec iam furtivum Dido meditatur amorem: coniugium vocat, hoc praetexit nomeni culpam.Compare Dido recked nothing for appearance or reputation: The love she brooded on now was a secret love no longer; Marriage, she called it, drawing the word to veil her sin.
Homo animus do ex ille sempiternus ignis, qui sidus et stella voco.Compare To man there was given a soul drawn from those everlasting fires, which you call constellations and stars.
In qui primus egredior locus, Troia voco.Compare The first place at which they landed is called Troy.
Conjugation table for vocāre
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| vocō vocās vocat vocāmus vocātis vocant | vocābam vocābās vocābat vocābāmus vocābātis vocābant |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| vocāvī vocāvistī vocāvit vocāvimus vocāvistis vocāvērunt / vocāvēre | vocāveram vocāverās vocāverat vocāverāmus vocāverātis vocāverant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| vocābō vocābis vocābit vocābimus vocābitis vocābunt | vocāverō vocāveris vocāverit vocāverimus vocāveritis vocāverint |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| vocem vocēs vocet vocēmus vocētis vocent | vocārem vocārēs vocāret vocārēmus vocārētis vocārent |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| vocāverim vocāveris vocāverit vocāverimus vocāveritis vocāverint | vocāvissem vocāvissēs vocāvisset vocāvissēmus vocāvissētis vocāvissent |
Infinitive present vocāre Infinitive perfect vocāvisse Infinitive future vocātūrum esse | Imperative present vocā vocāte Imperative future vocātō vocātō vocātōte vocantō |
| PASSIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| vocor vocāris vocātur vocāmur vocāminī vocantur | vocābar vocābāris / vocābāre vocābātur vocābāmur vocābāminī vocābantur |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| vocātus sum vocātus es vocātus est vocātī sumus vocātī estis vocātī sunt | vocātus eram vocātus erās vocātus erat vocātī erāmus vocātī erātis vocātī erant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| vocābor vocāberis / vocābere vocābitur vocābimur vocābiminī vocābuntur | vocātus erō vocātus eris vocātus erit vocātī erimus vocātī eritis vocātī erunt |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| vocer vocēris / vocēre vocētur vocēmur vocēminī vocentur | vocārer vocārēris / vocārēre vocārētur vocārēmur vocārēminī vocārentur |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| vocātus sim vocātus sīs vocātus sit vocātī sīmus vocātī sītis vocātī sint | vocātus essem vocātus essēs vocātus esset vocātī essēmus vocātī essētis vocātī essent |
Infinitive present vocārī Infinitive perfect vocātum esse Infinitive future vocātum īrī | Imperative present vocāre vocāminī Imperative future vocātor vocātor - vocāntor |
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| Nom. | vocāns | vocantēs |
| Gen. | vocantis | vocantium |
| Dat. | vocantī | vocantibus |
| Acc. | vocantem | vocantēs |
| Abl. | vocante | vocantibus |
| Participle future active | ||
| Nom. | vocātūrus | vocātūrī |
| Gen. | vocātūrī | vocātūrōrum |
| Dat. | vocātūrō | vocātūrīs |
| Acc. | vocātūrum | vocātūrōs |
| Abl. | vocātūrō | vocātūrīs |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| Nom. | vocātus | vocātī |
| Gen. | vocātī | vocātōrum |
| Dat. | vocātō | vocātīs |
| Acc. | vocātum | vocātōs |
| Abl. | vocātō | vocātīs |
| Gerundive | ||
| Nom. | vocandus | vocandī |
| Gen. | vocandī | vocandōrum |
| Dat. | vocandō | vocandīs |
| Acc. | vocandum | vocandōs |
| Abl. | vocandō | vocandīs |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| Nom. | vocāre | vocātum |
| Gen. | vocandī | vocātū |
| Dat. | vocandō | |
| Acc. | vocandum | |
| Abl. | vocandō | |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 6.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 2096.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 120.
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Citation
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Wheelock's Latin
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