Convoco

Convoco is a Latin verb meaning "I call together" or "I summon." It comes from con- "together" and vocare "to call." It is the first person singular present active indicative form of convocare, a verb of the first conjugation, and appears in classical and medieval Latin texts.

Grammatically, convocare forms include convoco, convocas, convocat, convocamus, convocatis, convocant in the present indicative; its infinitive is convocare; the perfect is convocavi; the supine is convocatum. The present participle is convocans. The noun convocatio, feminine, means "a summoning" or "an assembly," and the related English derivatives convoke and convocation derive from this Latin root.

Usage: In Latin, convoco is used to describe calling together people for a council, meeting, army, or audience. It is common in legal, political, military, and ecclesiastical texts. In modern scholarship, convoco is primarily encountered in linguistic discussion or as a Latin gloss; everyday English uses "to convoke" and "convocation."

See also: convoke, convocation, convocare, convocatio.