invīto, āvi, ātum, 1 (invitassitis for invitaveritis, Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 31), v. a. [perh. for invicito; root vec-; Sanscr. vak-, speak; vak'as, word; cf.: vox, convicium; Gr. vep- in ei)=pon, o)/y], to invite, treat, feast, entertain (cf. illicio; class.). I.Lit., constr. with ad or in and acc., with simple acc. or abl., or with ut.(a). With ad: aliquem ad prandium, Cic. Mur. 35, 73: ad cenam, Val. Max. 2, 1, 2; Cic. Fam. 7, 9, 2; Suet. Aug. 34; ad consulem, Liv. 45, 8 fin.— (b). With in and acc.: aliquem in hospitium, Liv. 28, 18; cf. Val. Max. 2, 10, ext. 1: ad cenam in hortos in posterum diem, Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58. — (g). With simple acc.: aliquem domum suam ut animum ejus in Sthenium inflammarent (cf. e infra), Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 36, 89; Liv. 3, 14: alius alium domos suas invitant, Sall. J. 66. 3; Nep. Att. 13, 6.—(d). With abl.: aliquem tecto ac domo, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 11, 25; cf.: hospitio invitabit, id. Phil. 12, 9, 23.— (e) With ut: invito eum, ut apud me diversetur, Cic. Att. 13, 2; ut cenem invitor?Mart. 4, 68, 2.— Absol., to entertain: alii suos in castra, invitandi causā adducunt, Caes. B. C. 1, 74: aliquem poculis,
to challenge to drink
, Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 31. — With se, to treat one's self, drink one'sown health: sese in cena plusculum, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 127: se cibo vinoque largius, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 321, 25 (Hist. 4, 4 Dietsch). —Comic.: gladio, to treat to the sword, i. e. to want to kill, Plaut. Cas. 3, 6, 21; cf.: aliquem clavā, id. Rud. 3, 5, 31.—II.Transf.A.To invite, summon, challenge: a Caesare liberaliter invitor in legationem illam, Cic. Att. 2, 18, 3: Cosconio mortuo, in ejus locum invitor, id. ib. 1, 19, 4: hostes ad deditionem, Hirt. B. G. 8, 19: aliquem ad audiendum, Suet. Calig. 53: ad spectaculum, id. Ner. 12: praemiis ad quippiam agendum, Cic. Lig. 4: in libidinem, Suet. Calig. 41.— B.To incite, allure, attract: ni id me invitet ut faciam fides, Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 5: invitat hiemps curasque resolvit, Verg. G. 1, 302: invitent croceis halantes floribus horti, id. ib. 4, 109: ad agrum fruendum invitat atque allectat senectus, Cic. de Sen. 16; so, assentationem,