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|lshtext=<b>prō-vŏco</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n.,<br /><b>I</b> to [[call]] [[forth]], [[call]] [[out]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen. ([[very]] [[rare]]): aliquem, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 43: ut ubi illaec prodeat, me provoces, id. Mil. 4, 3, 28; id. Bacch. 3, 3, 40: mandant, ut ad se provocet Simonidem, Phaedr. 4, 23, 25: dum [[rota]] Luciferi provocet orta diem, [[lead]] up, [[call]] [[forth]], Tib. 1, 9, 62: Memnonis [[mater]] roseo provocet [[ore]] diem, Ov. P. 1, 4, 58; cf. id. F. 1, 456: provocare et elicere novas radiculas, Col. 3, 15, 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[call]] [[out]], [[challenge]], [[invite]] one to [[any]] [[thing]] (as to [[play]], [[sing]], [[drink]], [[fight]], etc.): provocat me in aleam, challenged me to a [[game]], Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 75: pedibus, to a [[race]], id. Ep. 5, 1, 58: aliquem tesseris, Macr. S. 1, 10: aliquem cantatum, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 53: aliquem ad pugnam, Cic. Tusc. 4, 22, 49; cf. Liv. 8, 7, and Flor. 2, 17, 11 Duker: duces nec prohibere paucos [[temere]] provocantis volebant, nec, etc., Liv. 23, 16, 4: et [[oleo]] et mero viros provocant, Sen. Ep. 95, 21: aliquem ad bibendum, Vop. Firm. 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In jurid. lang., to [[take]] a [[cause]] [[before]] a [[higher]] [[court]], to [[appeal]], [[make]] an [[appeal]]; in this signif. [[usually]] neutr., ad aliquem; [[act]]. [[only]] [[post]]-[[class]]., [[with]] the [[judge]] to whom the [[appeal]] is made as [[object]] (cf. [[appello]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Neutr.: ut de majestate damnati ad populum provocent, Cic. Phil. 1, 9, 21; cf.: [[quam]] id rectum [[sit]], tu judicabis; ne ad Catonem [[quidem]] provocabo, id. Att. 6, 1, 7: [[provoco]] ad populum, Liv. 8, 33: [[arreptus]] a viatore, Provoco, inquit, I [[appeal]], id. 3, 56: si a duumviris provocarit, provocatione certato, id. 1, 26, 6; 3, 56: ab omni judicio poenāque provocari licere, Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 54.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Act., to [[appeal]] to a [[judge]] ([[post]]-[[class]].): si judicem provocent, Dig. 8, 28, 6: si [[praefectus]] urbi judicem dederit, [[ipse]] erit provocandus, qui eum judicem dederit, ib. 49, 3, 1.—Also: provocare judicium ad populum, to [[bring]] the [[decision]] [[before]] the [[people]] by [[appeal]], Val. Max. 8, 1, 1; [[rarely]], aliquem ad judicem, to [[cite]], [[summon]] [[before]], App. Flor. p. 360, 24.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> To [[challenge]] to a [[contest]], to [[contend]] [[with]], [[emulate]], [[rival]], vie [[with]] ([[post]]-Aug.): aliquem virtute, to vie [[with]] him in [[virtue]], Plin. Ep. 2, 7, 4: [[elegia]] Graecos provocamus, Quint. 10, 1, 93; cf.: ea [[pictura]] naturam ipsam provocavit, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 94.—Of things, Plin. 16, 8, 12, § 32: immensum [[latus]] Circi templorum pulchritudinem provocat, id. [[Pan]]. 51, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> To [[challenge]], [[incite]], [[provoke]] to [[any]] [[thing]]: [[felicitas]] temporum, quae bonam conscientiam civium tuorum ad usum indulgentiae tuae provocat, Plin. Ep. 10, 12 (7) fin.: omni comitate ad hilaritatem et jocum provocare, Suet. Calig. 27; id. Claud. 21: tacentes ad communionem sermonis, id. Aug. 74.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> To [[excite]], [[stimulate]], [[exasperate]], [[stir]] up, [[rouse]] [[with]] [[any]] [[thing]] ([[class]].; syn.: [[irrito]], [[lacesso]]): qui non [[solum]] a me provocatus sed [[etiam]] suā [[sponte]] solet, etc., Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 3: aliquem beneficio, id. Off. 1, 15, 48: sermonibus, Caes. B. C. 1, 74: minis et verbis, Tac. H. 3, 24: [[bello]], id. ib. 4, 17: injuriā, id. A. 14, 49 et saep.: ad iracundiam, Vulg. Isa. 63, 10; id. Deut. 4, 25. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> To [[call]] [[forth]], [[occasion]], [[produce]], [[cause]]: officia comitate, Tac. H. 5, 1: mortem tot modis, Plin. 19, praef. 1, § 5: [[bellum]], Tac. G. 35; Plin. [[Pan]]. 16.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>E</b> (Acc. to I. B. 2.) To [[appeal]] to [[any]] [[thing]], to [[cite]] as [[authority]] or [[proof]] ([[late]] Lat.): ad litteras Pudentillae, App. Mag. 84, p. 326, 40: ad Judaeorum Codices provocare, Aug. Serm. 202, 3.