avocatio
Latin > English
avocatio avocationis N F :: process of diverting the attention; distraction, diversion
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
āvŏcātĭo: ōnis, f. id.,
I a calling off from a thing, a diverting of the attention, diversion, interruption (very rare): avocatio a cogitandā molestiā, * Cic. Tusc. 3, 15, 33: In his, quae me sine avocatione circumstrepunt, etc., Sen. Ep. 56, 4.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
āvŏcātĭō,¹⁶ ōnis, f. (avoco), action de détourner, de distraire, diversion ; Cic. Tusc. 3, 33 ; sine avocatione Sen. Ep. 56, 4, sans causer de distraction.
Latin > German (Georges)
āvocātio, ōnis, f. (avoco), das Abziehen, I) im allg.: avocatio a cogitanda molestia (von dem Gedanken an die B.) et revocatio ad contemplandas voluptates, Cic. Tusc. 3, 33: ἀποπλάνησις est iudicis a re contraria nobis avocatio, Iul. Rufin. de fig. sent. 13. – II) insbes.: a) die störende Zerstreuung, Sen. ep. 56, 4. – b) die erheiternde Zerstreuung, Plur. avocationes (Ggstz. exercitationes), Iustin. 37, 4, 1.