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Menander, Monostichoi, 162

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

vŏcātus: ūs, m. voco,
I a calling, calling upon, summoning, invocation (only abl. in prose).
I In gen.: et ille et senatus frequens vocatu Drusi in curiam venit, Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 2: o numquam frustrata vocatus Hasta meos, my call, my invocation, Verg. A. 12, 95.—
II In partic., an invitation to dinner, etc.: misit qui diceret, cenaturum apud Caesarem vocatu ipsius, Suet Calig. 39.