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Latin
Etymology
From sē- + vocō.
Pronunciation
Verb
sēvocō (present infinitive sēvocāre, perfect active sēvocāvī, supine sēvocātum); first conjugation
- to call aside or away
- to call off, separate, withdraw or remove
Conjugation
References
- “sevoco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sevoco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sevoco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to free one's mind from the influences of the senses: sevocare mentem a sensibus (De Nat. D. 3. 8. 21)
- to hold aloof from all amusement: animum a voluptate sevocare