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|lnetxt=voco vocare, vocavi, vocatus V :: call, summon; name; call upon
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|lshtext=<b>vŏco</b>: āvi, ātum (<br /><b>I</b> inf. vocarier, Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 27), 1, v. a. and n. Sanscr. vak-, to [[say]]; Gr. [[root]] ϝεπ·>, in [[ἔπος]], [[word]]; [[εἶπον]], said, to [[call]]; to [[call]] [[upon]], [[summon]], [[invoke]]; to [[call]] [[together]], [[convoke]], etc. (cf.: [[appello]], [[compello]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: (patrem) blandā voce vocabam, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 51 Vahl.): [[quis]] vocat? [[quis]] nominat me? Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 25: He. Vin' vocem huc ad te (patrem)? Ly. Voca, id. Capt. 2, 2, 110: [[Trebonius]] magnam jumentorum [[atque]] hominum multitudinem ex omni provinciā vocat, Caes. B. C. 2, 1: Dumnorigem ad se vocat, id. B. G. 1, 20: populum Romanum ad [[arma]], id. B. C. 1, 7: milites ad [[concilium]] classico ad tribunos, Liv. 5, 47, 7: aliquem in contionem, Cic. Ac. 2, 47, 144; for [[which]], contionem, Tac. A. 1, 29: [[concilium]], Verg. A. 10, 2; 6, 433; Ov. M. 1, 167: patribus vocatis, Verg. A. 5, 758: [[ipse]] vocat pugnas, id. ib. 7, 614: fertur haec moriens pueris dixisse vocatis, Hor. S. 2, 3, 170.— With dat. ([[post]]-Aug. and [[rare]]): populumque ac senatum [[auxilio]] vocare, Tac. A. 4, 67 fin.; 12, 45.—Absol.: in senatum vocare (sc. patres), Liv. 23, 32, 3; 36, 21, 7.—Impers.: in contionem vocari placuit, Liv. 24, 28, 1: cum in senatum vocari jussissent, id. 2, 55, 10.—Poet.: tum [[cornix]] plenā pluviam vocat improba voce, i. e. announces, Verg. G. 1, 388; so, ventos aurasque, Lucr. 5, 1086: voce vocans Hecaten caeloque Ereboque potentem, invoking, Verg. A. 6, 247: patrios Voce deos, id. A. 4, 680; 12, 638; Tib. 2, 1, 83; Just. 38, 7, 8: ventis vocatis, Verg. A. 3, 253: numina magna, id. ib. 3, 264; 12, 181: [[auxilio]] deos, id. ib. 5, 686: divos in vota, id. ib. 5, 234; 7, 471: vos (deos) in verba, as witnesses, Ov. F. 5, 527: quem vocet [[divum]] [[populus]], Hor. C. 1, 2, 25; cf. id. ib. 1, 14, 10; 1, 30, 2; 3, 22, 3; id. Epod. 5, 5: votis imbrem, to [[call]] [[down]], Verg. G. 1, 157.—Poet. [[with]] inf.: hic ([[Charon]]) levare functum Pauperem laboribus Vocatus [[atque]] non [[vocatus]] [[audit]], Hor. C. 2, 18, 40.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[cite]], [[summon]] [[into]] [[court]], [[before]] a [[magistrate]] (syn. [[cito]]): in jus vocas: sequitur, Cic. Quint. 19, 61: tribuni [[etiam]] consulem in [[rostra]] vocari jusserunt, Varr. ap. Gell. 13, 12, 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[bid]], [[invite]] one as a [[guest]], to [[dinner]], etc. (syn. [[invito]]): Pa. [[Solus]] cenabo domi? Ge. Non [[enim]] [[solus]]: me vocato, Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 20: si [[quis]] esum me vocat, id. ib. 1, 3, 28: aliquem ad cenam, Ter. And. 2, 6, 22; Cic. Att. 6, 3, 9: [[vulgo]] ad [[prandium]], id. Mur. 34, 72: domum suam istum non [[fere]] [[quisquam]] vocabat, id. Rosc. Am. 18, 52: nos parasiti, quos [[numquam]] [[quisquam]] [[neque]] vocat [[neque]] invocat, Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 7: convivam, id. As. 4, 1, 23: [[spatium]] apparandis nuptiis, vocandi, sacrificandi dabitur [[paululum]], Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 21: Ge. Cenabis [[apud]] me. Ep. Vocata est [[opera]] [[nunc]] [[quidem]], i. e. I [[have]] been [[already]] invited, I [[have]] an [[engagement]], Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 18; so, [[too]], [[bene]] vocas! [[verum]] vocata res est, id. Curc. 4, 4, 7: [[bene]] vocas; tum [[gratia]]'st, id. Men. 2, 3, 36 Brix ad loc.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In gen., to [[call]], [[invite]], [[exhort]], [[summon]], [[urge]], [[stimulate]], etc.: [[quod]] me ad vitam vocas, Cic. Att. 3, 7, 2: haec [[nisi]] vides expediri, [[quam]] in spem me vocas? id. ib. 3, 15, 6: quarum rerum spe ad laudem me vocasti, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 7, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Of [[inanimate]] or [[abstract]] subjects, to [[invite]], [[call]], [[summon]], [[incite]], [[arouse]]: quo cujusque [[cibus]] vocat [[atque]] invitat aventes, Lucr. 5, 524: [[lenis]] crepitans vocat Auster in [[altum]], Verg. A. 3, 70; cf.: quāque vo. [[cant]] [[fluctus]], Ov. R. Am. 532: Carthaginienses fessos nox imberque ad necessariam quietem vocabat, Liv. 28, 15, 12: me ad [[studium]] ([[feriae]]), Phaedr. 3, prol. 9: [[quocumque]] vocasset defectionis ab Romanis [[spes]], Liv. 24, 36, 9; cf.: arrogantiā offensas vo [[care]], to [[provoke]] or [[excite]] [[hostility]], Tac. H. 4, 80.—Pass.: cum ipso anni tempore ad gerendum [[bellum]] vocaretur, Caes. B. G. 7, 32. —Poet., [[with]] inf.: sedare sitim fluvii fontesque vocabant, Lucr. 5, 945.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[challenge]]: centuriones ... nutu vocibusque hostes, si introire vellent, vocare coeperunt, Caes. B. G. 5, 43: cum [[hinc]] Aetoli, [[haud]] [[dubie]] hostes, vocarent ad [[bellum]], Liv. 34, 43, 5: vocare hostem et vulnera mereri, Tac. G. 14; Verg. G. 3, 194; 4, 76; id. A. 11, 375; 11, 442; Sil. 14, 199; Stat. Th. 6, 747; cf. Verg. A. 6, 172; 4, 223 Heyne ad loc.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>5</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[call]] by [[name]], to [[name]], [[denominate]] (freq. and [[class]].; syn. [[nomino]]): certabant urbem Romam Remoramne vocarent, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48. 107 (Ann. v. 85 Vahl.): quem [[Graeci]] vocant Aërem, id. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 65 Müll. (Epicharm. v. 8 Vahl.): cum [[penes]] unum est omnium [[summa]] rerum, regen illum unum vocamus, Cic. Rep. 1, 26, 42: [[comprehensio]], [[quam]] κατάληψιν [[illi]] vocant, id. Ac. 2, 6, 17: urbem ex Antiochi patris nomine Antiochiam vocavit, Just. 15, 4, 8: ad Spelaeum, [[quod]] vocant, biduum [[moratus]], Liv. 45, 33, 8: me miserum vocares, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 92: non possidentem [[multa]] vocaveris Recte [[beatum]], id. C. 4, 9, 45.— With de, to [[call]] [[after]], to [[name]] [[after]]: [[lapis]], quem Magneta vocant patrio de nomine [[Graeci]], Lucr. 6, 908: patrioque vocant de nomine mensem, Ov. F. 3, 77.—Pass.: ego vocor [[Lyconides]], Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 49: De. Quī vocare? Ge. Geta, Ter. Ad. 5, 6, 3: jam [[lepidus]] vocor, id. ib. 5, 7, 13; id. Eun. 2, 2, 33: a se [[visum]] esse in eo colle Romulum, qui [[nunc]] [[Quirinalis]] vocatur ... se deum esse et Quirinum vocari, Cic. Rep. 2, 10, 20: [[syllaba]] longa brevi subjecta vocatur [[iambus]], Hor. A. P. 251: [[patiens]] vocari Caesaris [[ultor]], id. C. 1, 2, 43: [[sive]] tu [[Lucina]] probas vocari, id. C. S. 15.—With de, to be named for, etc.: [[Taurini]] vocantur de fluvio qui [[propter]] fuit, Cat. Orig. 3, fr. 1: ludi, qui de nomine Augusti fastis additi, Augustales vocarentur, Tac. A. 1, 15.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>6</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In eccl. Lat., to [[call]] to a [[knowledge]] of the gospel, Vulg. 1 Cor. 1, 2; id. Gal. 1, 6; id. 1 Thess. 2, 12.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., to [[call]], i. e. to [[bring]], [[draw]], [[put]], [[set]], [[place]] in [[some]] [[position]] or [[condition]]: ne me [[apud]] milites in invidiam voces, Cic. Phil. 2, 24, 59: aliquem in [[odium]] aut invidiam, id. Off. 1, 25, 86: cujusdam [[familia]] in suspitionem est vocata conjurationis, id. Verr. 2, 5, 4, § 10: aliquem in luctum, id. Att. 3, 7, 2: in partem (hereditatis) mulieres vocatae sunt, succeeded to a [[share]], id. Caecin. 4, 12; so, aliquem in partem curarum, Tac. A. 1, 11: in portionem muneris, Just. 5, 2, 9: me ad Democritum vocas, to [[refer]], Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 56.—With [[inanimate]] or [[abstract]] objects: ex eā [[die]] ad hanc diem quae fecisti, in judicium [[voco]], I [[call]] to [[account]], Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 12, § 34; so, aliquid in judicium, id. de Or. 1, 57, 241; id. Balb. 28, 64 al.: singula verba sub judicium, Ov. P. 1, 5, 20: ad calculos vocare amicitiam, Cic. Lael. 16, 58; Liv. 5, 4, 7; Plin. [[Pan]]. 38, 3: nulla [[fere]] potest res in dicendi disceptationem aut controversium vocari, quae, etc., Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 291: aliquid in dubium, id. Inv. 2, 28, 84: templa deorum immortalium, tecta urbis, vitam omnium civium, Italiam [[denique]] totam ad [[exitium]] et vastitatem vocas, [[bring]] to [[destruction]], [[reduce]] to [[ruin]], [[destroy]], id. Cat. 1, 5, 12.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>vŏcō</b>,⁶ āvī, ātum, āre ([[vox]]), tr.,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>I</b> appeler,<br /><b>1</b> appeler pour faire venir, appeler, convoquer : hominum multitudinem ex omni [[provincia]] Cæs. C. 2, 1, lever dans toute la province une multitude d’hommes ; aliquem ad se Cæs. G. 1, 20, mander qqn auprès de soi ; ad [[arma]] Cæs. C. 1, 7, appeler aux armes ; ad [[bellum]] Cic. Fl. 102, appeler à la guerre ; in contionem aliquem Cic. Ac. 2, 144, convoquer qqn devant l’assemblée du peuple &#124;&#124; abs<sup>t</sup>] vocare in contionem Liv. 24, 28, 1, convoquer à l’assemblée = convoquer le peuple à l’assemblée, convoquer l’assemblée du peuple ; in senatum Liv. 23, 32, 3, = convoquer le sénat, cf. Liv. 36, 21, 7, [et impers<sup>t</sup>] Liv. 2, 55, 10 &#124;&#124; contionem vocare Tac. Ann. 1, 29, convoquer l’assemblée, cf. Virg. En. 6, 433 ; 10, 2 ; [poét.] pugnas Virg. En. 7, 614, appeler les batailles = appeler aux combats &#124;&#124; aliquem [[auxilio]] Tac. Ann. 4, 67 ; 12, 45, appeler qqn à son secours, invoquer l’assistance de qqn, cf. Virg. En. 5, 686 &#124;&#124; votis imbrem Virg. G. 2, 157, appeler la pluie de ses vœux ; voce deos Virg. En. 4, 681, invoquer à haute voix les dieux, cf. Virg. En. 6, 247 ; [[cornix]] plena pluviam vocat improba voce Virg. G. 1, 388, la corneille [[importune]] appelle la pluie à plein gosier, cf. Lucr. 5, 1086 &#124;&#124; [poét. avec inf.] : levare... [[vocatus]] Hor. O. 2, 18, 40, appelé pour soulager<br /><b>2</b> appeler = assigner : aliquem in [[jus]] Cic. Quinct. 61, appeler en justice qqn &#124;&#124; [fig.] [[aliquid]] in [[judicium]] Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 34, déférer qqch. à la poursuite judiciaire<br /><b>3</b> appeler pour voter : [[prima]] [[classis]] vocatur Cic. Phil. 2, 82, on appelle la première classe<br /><b>4</b> inviter à venir combattre, provoquer : Cæs. G. 5, 43, 6 ; Tac. G. 14 ; Virg. En. 11, 375 ; 11, 442<br /><b>5</b> inviter à dîner : vocare ad [[prandium]], ad cenam Cic. Mur. 72 ; 74, inviter à dîner ; vocare seul [même sens] Pl. St. 600, ou vocare domum suam Cic. Mur. 71 ; Amer. 52<br /><b>6</b> inviter = exhorter : aliquem ad vitam, in spem Cic. Att. 3, 7, 2 ; 3, 15, 6, exhorter qqn à conserver ses jours, inviter qqn à espérer ; anni tempore ad gerendum [[bellum]] vocari Cæs. G. 7, 32, être invité par la saison à se mettre en campagne &#124;&#124; Carthaginienses fessos [[nox]] imberque ad necessariam quietem vocabat Liv. 28, 15, 12, la nuit et la pluie invitaient les Carthaginois harassés à prendre un repos nécessaire &#124;&#124; [poét. avec inf.] sedare sitim fontes vocabant Lucr. 5, 945, les sources invitaient à apaiser la soif<br /><b>7</b> appeler = désigner par un nom, nommer : quos tyrannos vocas Cic. Vat. 29, ceux que tu appelles tyrans ; [[animal]]... quem vocamus hominem Cic. Leg. 1, 22, l’[[animal]]... que nous appelons homme : [[collis]] qui [[nunc]] [[Quirinalis]] vocatur Cic. Rep. 2, 20, la colline qu’on appelle aujourd’[[hui]] mont Quirinal ; ad Spelæum, [[quod]] vocant Liv. 45, 33, 8, à la Caverne, comme on l’appelle (au lieu dit la Caverne) &#124;&#124; [[lapis]], quem Magneta vocant patrio de nomine Lucr. 6, 908, la pierre qu’ils appellent magnès du nom de sa [[patrie]], cf. Ov. F. 3, 77 ; [[Taurini]] vocantur de fluvio qui... [[Cato]] Orig. 3, 1, les [[Taurini]] tirent leur nom du fleuve qui...<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>II</b> [fig.]<br /><b>1</b> amener : in invidiam vocare aliquem Cic. Sest. 139 ; in suspicionem Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, amener qqn à être détesté, soupçonné ; faire détester, faire soupçonner qqn ; in luctum Cic. Att. 3, 7, 2, jeter dans la douleur ; [[vocatus]] in partem curarum Tac. Ann. 1, 11, appelé à partager les soins du gouvernement &#124;&#124; in [[crimen]] [[aliquid]] Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 217 ; Cic. Rab. perd. 24, faire tomber une accusation sur qqch. ; [[res]] in dicendi disceptationem vocatur Cic. de Or. 2, 291, un sujet [[est]] soumis à la discussion<br /><b>2</b> appeler à = destiner à : Italiam totam ad [[exitium]] et vastitatem vocas Cic. Cat. 1, 12, tu destines l’Italie tout entière à la ruine et à la dévastation, (tu veux la conduire à...). inf. pass. vocarier Pl. Capt. 1024.
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{{Georges
|georg=voco, āvī, ātum, āre (altind. vakti, vívakti, sagt, redet, griech. οψ, [[Stimme]]), [[rufen]], I) eig.: A) im allg.: 1) [[rufen]], [[berufen]], [[herbeirufen]], Caes.: alqm in contionem, Cic.: senatum od. in senatum, Liv.: ad [[consilium]], Liv.: alqm [[auxilio]] (zur H.), Tac. – v. lebl. Subjj. od. [[mit]] lebl. Objj., [[quo]] [[res]] vocasset, Liv.: [[spes]] vocat, Liv.: imbrem votis, Verg.: pluviam improbā voce (v. der [[Krähe]]), Verg. georg. 1, 388: ventos aurasque (v. Krähen u. Raben), Lucr. 5, 1084 (1086). – dah. ventis vocatis, [[wenn]] [[ihr]] günstigen [[Wind]] [[bekommen]] habt, Verg.: [[ebenso]] venti vocantes, günstige [[Winde]], Val. Flacc. – 2) [[anrufen]], [[anflehen]], deos, Hor.: [[cetera]] sidera, Tac.: voce Hecaten, Verg.: deos [[auxilio]], Verg.: me voce vocantem, Verg. – B) insbes.: 1) [[vor]] eine Gerichtsbehörde [[laden]], [[vorladen]], alqm, zB. vocat te [[dictator]], Liv.: alqm in [[ius]], [[vor]] [[Gericht]], Cic., in [[iudicium]], Cic.: ad iudicem, Quint.: alqm ex iure manum consertum, s. 2. cōn-[[sero]] no. II, 2, b (Bd. 1. s. [[1520)]]. – alqm vocare in [[testimonium]], übtr. im gewöhnlichen [[Leben]], [[Varro]]: consulem in [[rostra]], [[Varro]] fr. – 2) zu Gaste, zur [[Tafel]] [[laden]], [[einladen]], [[mit]] dem [[Zusatz]] ad cenam, Cic., u. bl. vocare, Nep.: domum, Cic.: [[spatium]] vocandi, zur [[Hochzeit]] zu [[laden]], Ter.: [[bene]] vocas ([[von]] dem, der die Einladung ablehnt), [[ich]] danke, [[ich]] bin [[bereits]] eingeladen, Plaut. – bildl., [[einladen]], [[reizen]], [[locken]], alqm ad vitam, Cic.: in spem, [[Hoffnung]] [[machen]], Cic.: [[servos]] ad libertatem, Liv. – 3) [[herausfordern]], [[reizen]] (s. Heräus Tac. hist. 4, 80, 10), hostem, Verg. u. Tac.: populum Romanum armis, Tac.: ad pugnam, Tac.: [[divos]] in certamina, Verg.: dah. bildl., arrogantiā offensas, [[Anstoß]] [[verursachen]], [[Abneigung]] [[gegen]] [[sich]] [[erwecken]], Tac. hist. 4, 80. – 4) irgendwie [[mit]] [[irgend]] einem Namen [[rufen]], a) [[nennen]], [[benennen]], [[oppidum]] vocant, Caes.: alqd [[alio]] nomine, Cic. fr.: ad [[spelaeum]], [[quod]] vocant, [[wie]] [[man]] es nennt, Liv.: aedificia, [[quae]] [[mapalia]] [[illi]] vocant, Sall.: dah. vocor, [[ich]] heiße, werde [[genannt]] usw., [[qui]] vocare? [[wie]] heißest du? Ter.: [[iam]] [[lepidus]] vocor, Ter.: in edictis [[suis]] autocratora [[esse]] vocatum, habe er [[sich]] Selbstherrscher [[genannt]], Vopisc. – m. Ang. [[wonach]]? [[durch]] de od. ex m. Abl., [[Taurini]] vocantur de fluvio, [[qui]] [[propter]] fluit, [[Cato]] origg. 3. fr. 1: ut [[proprio]] sumptu ederent ludos, [[qui]] de nomine Augusti fastis additi Augustales vocarentur, Tac. ann. 1, 15: [[lapis]], quem Magneta vocant patrio de nomine [[Graeci]], Lucr. 6, 908: patrioque vocat de nomine mensem, Ov. [[fast]]. 3, 77: Bruttiosque se ex nomine mulieris vocaverunt, Iustin. 23, 1, 12. – b) [[anreden]], sermone communi, Petron. 113, 8. – II) übtr., jmd. od. etw. [[gleichsam]] [[wohin]] [[rufen]], in eine gewisse [[Lage]], [[Stimmung]] [[ziehen]], brinqen, [[versetzen]] usw., m. folg. in od. ad u. Akk., in [[discrimen]] ac [[periculum]], Cic.: in suspicionem, Cic.: in [[odium]] [[aut]] invidiam, Cic.: ad [[exitium]], in das [[Verderben]] [[stürzen]], Cic.: in [[crimen]], [[beschuldigen]], Cic. u. Nep.: alqm in partem, [[teilnehmen]] [[lassen]], Cic.: u. so in partem praedae suae deos, Liv., u. (poet.) in partem praedamque (= in partem praedae) Iovem, Verg.: vocare in partem curarum, Tac.: in [[commune]], [[gemeinschaftlich]] [[machen]], Liv.: alqm ad rationem reddendam, zur [[Rechenschaft]] [[ziehen]], Quint.: [[divos]] in vota, [[Gelübde]] [[tun]] zu usw., die Götter [[anrufen]], Verg.: ad calculos, s. [[calculusno]]. II, C: in [[dubium]], in [[Zweifel]] [[ziehen]], [[bezweifeln]], Cic.: in disceptationem, [[über]] [[etwas]] [[streiten]], Cic.: ad integritatem maiorum spe suā hominem vocabant, [[sie]] hofften, er werde [[ebenso]] [[rechtschaffen]] [[sein]] [[wie]] seine Vorfahren, Cic. – / Parag. Infin. vocarier, Plaut. capt. 1024. – vulg. Perf. u. Partiz. Perf. Pass. [[vocitus]] est, [[vocitus]], Corp. inscr. Lat. 2, 4514, 31. de Rossi inscr. Chr. I.p. 108. no. 211. Itala (Palatin.) Luc. 19, 13. Itala (Rehd.) Ioh. 2, 2 u.s.
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