To cal: to bid: to aske: to name. Vocare ad cœnam. Ci. To bid to supper. Ad cœnam per famulum vocare. Mart. Essum & comessatum vocare. Plaut. Conuiuam vocare, Idem. Plaut. Ad nuptias vocare. Ter. To bid one come to a mariage. Domum suam istum non ferè quisquam vocabat. Ci. Intra tecta vocare aliquem. Virg. Vin' vocem huc ad ce? Plaut. wyl you haue me to call him out vnto you? Voca illum verbis meis. Plaut. Call him in my name: saye that I bid him come. Vocaueris me in hunc díem. Plau. You send me word, that I shoulde come as this day. Vocare clamore suos. Virg. To whope or cry to his company Vocare clamoribus hostem. Vir. With loude doyce to defle. his enimie, and bid him come fight. Vocare clamore deÛ. Vir. To call upon god, to crye to god. Nomine aliquem vocare Virg. To call by name. Voce vocare aliquem. Virg. Magna voce vocauit Aeneam. Virg. Votis vocari. Virg. To bee called on with vowes and prayers. Auxilia vocansfrustr. Virg. Deos vocare auxilio. Virg. To crie to the Gods to help him. Concilium vocare. Ouid. Vocat pluuiam cornix. Virg. The crowe crieth after raine, or by his crying signifieth it will raine. Vocari aliquò Luca. Me ad Democritum vocas. Cicer. Thou alleadgess Democritus, and wouldest haue me beleeue him. Ad altercationes vocari. Quint. Fata nos vocant ad bella. Virg. Ad calculos aliquem vocare. Liui. To call one to an accompte. Vide CALCVLVS. In certamina vocare. Virg. Ad computationem vocare. Plin. iun. To demaund an account or reckoning of one. In deo rum concilium vocare. Cice. To account one as a God. In concionem vocare. Cice. To warne the people to come to an assembly before him. Cur autem per te inimicum paternÛ in consilium vocauit. C. In contemplationem vocari. Plini To bee considered diligently: to be weighed and mused upon. Reliqui temporis spatium in contentionem vocatur. Cic. The controuersie is about the residue of the time that followed. In crimen vocari. Cicero. To blame: to accuse: to lay to ones charge. In culpam vocari. Qui. To be blamed: to be charged as faultie. In disceptationem & controuersiam vocari. Ci. To be brought in controuersie. In discrimen vocare. Cic. To bring in danger. In discrimen vocari de vita & gloria. Cicer. To bee brought in daunger to leese both his life and honout. Alij de beneuolentia ciuium in discrimen vocantur. Cicero. In dubium vocare. Cic. To doubt of: to bring in doubt. Ad exemplar alterius vocare aliquem. Pli. iun. To exhorte and bid one folow an other mans example, and to do as he doth. Ad exitium & vastitatem vocare. Cic. To bring to vtter spoile and destruction. In simulationem probrorum vocare. Cice. To laye certaine reprochfull things to ones charge. In inuidiam aliquid vocare. Cic. To bring a thing in hatred: to endenor to make a thing to be spited and hated. Ad iudicem vocare. Quint. Ex ea die, ad hauc diem, quæ fecisti in iudicium voco. Cicero. I make my plaint of those things that thou haste done from that day to this. Auaritiam in crimeo & in iudicium voco. Cicer. I laye to thy charge, and accuse thee for thy couetousnesse. In ius vocare. Cic. To sue in the lawe: to commence an action against one. Ad hbertatem seruos vocare. Liui. To proclaime those bondmen to be free that wil come and followe him. Ad literas alias vocare. Cic. In disquisitionem vocare rem aliquam. Suet. To bring a thing to be tried by commission or other wise. In locum mortui vocare. Cice. To putte in place of one that is dead. In lucem è tenebris vocare obscuram familiam. Cic. In luctum vocare. Cic. To cause to mourne: to make sorrowful. In medium vocare. Ci. To set a thing open before men: to make it to be knowne. In odium vocare. Cic. To bring in hatred. Extra ordinem vocare. Cic. In partem vocare. Cic. To will one to be partaker of a thing. Sein partem curarum ab illo vocatum. Tacit. That hee was wslled of him to take parte of the charge. In periculum vocare. Plin. iun. To bring in danger. In periculum ac Jiscrimen vocare. Cic. Ad pileum vocare, Vide PILEVS. Ad probationem vocare. Quint. Ad procurationem rei alicuius vocari sermone plebis. Cic. To be willed and innited of the people, to take the charge of a thing. In longum sermonem vocare. Cic. In spem vocare. Cic. To put in hope: to make to hope. In suspitionem coniuratioms vocari. Cic. To bee suspected as partaker of the conspiracie. Ad testimonium vocare. Var. To call one to depose or beare witnesse. Tu me ad verbū vocas, non antè venio qum recusâro. Cic. Thou wouldest haue me come to the rigour of the letter or literall sense, I will first refuse it, as not being bound so to do. Ad vitam vocare aliquem. Cic. To exhorte one to line. In vota vocare. Virg. To desire one to helpe him. Ad vtilitatem vocare. Cic. Vocare aliquem. Plaut. To name one: to give one a name. Septem fuisse dicuntur vno tempore, qui sapientes & haberentur & vocarentur. Cicer. Which were both counted and called wise men. Tanti vocat ille pudicam Iuuen. So much mony he taketh of hir, to call hir a chaste and honest woman. Vocâtus. pen. pro. particip. Hora. Called: bidden. Tenuit mora nulla vocatos. Oui. They that were called, taried not. Venit ad exiguas turba vocata dapes. Ouid. A contpany bidden, &c. Ad pocula vocatus. Ouid. Vocata est opera. Plau. I cannot, for one hath already desired me to do a thing for him.

I. Lit.

A. 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.—

B. In partic.

1. 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.—

2. 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.—

3. 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.—

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.—

4. 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.—

5. 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 kata/lhyin 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.—

6. 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.—

II. 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.