The corpus record — Latin

advocatio

advocatio · f

a calling to

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Where it lives

Antoninus Geta 1 · 8.13/10k
Antoninus Caracallus 1 · 4.9/10k
Apocolocyntosis 1 · 3.69/10k
Letters 15 · 2.31/10k
De Patientia 1 · 2.21/10k
Dialogus de Oratoribus 2 · 2.15/10k
Pro Q. Roscio Comoedo 1 · 2.1/10k
De Ira 4 · 1.79/10k
De Tranquillitate Animi 1 · 1.32/10k
De Consolatione ad Marciam 1 · 1.19/10k
Pro P. Quinctio 1 · 1.16/10k
Pro P. Sulla 1 · 1.07/10k

Densest 12 of 27 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

advŏcātĭo — Lewis & Short

advŏcātĭo, ōnis, f.advoco,

I a calling to or summoning (in the class. per. only as t. t. in judicial lang.).

I Lit., abstr., legal assistance, judicial aid (v. advoco and advocatus): tu in re militari multo es cautior quam in advocationibus, Cic. Fam. 7, 10.—

II Transf.

A Concr., legal assistance, the whole body of assistants, counsel (= the bar): haec advocatio, Cic. Sest. 56: so id. Quint. 14; id. Rosc. Com. 5; id. Caecin. 15; id. Sull. 29; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 49; id. Dom. 21; Liv. 3, 47 al.—

B The time allowed for procuring legal assistance: ut binas advocationes postulent, Cic. Fam. 7, 11 Manut.; Quint. Decl. 280.—Hence,

C Any kind of delay or adjournment (freq. in Seneca): ratio advocationem sibi petit, ira festinat, Sen. de Ira, 1, 16; so id. Cons. ad Marc. 10; id. Q. N. 7, 10.—

D Consolation, Tert. Patient. 11; v. advoco, II. C.

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