appellātĭo, ōnis, f. [2. appello].
I A going to one in order to accost or make a request of him (not found in earlier Lat.).
A An address , an accosting : hanc nactus appellationis causam, this opportunity for an address or appeal , Caes. B. C. 2, 28.—Hence,
B In judicial lang., t. t., an appeal : intercessit appellatio tribunorum, i. e. ad tribunos, Cic. Quint. 20 fin. ; so id. Vatin. 14 fin. : appellationem et tribunicium auxilium, Liv. 9, 26: appellatio provocatioque, id. 3, 56; Suet. Aug. 33: ut omnes appellationes a judicibus ad Senatum fierent, id. Ner. 17; so, ad populum, Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 90 al.—
II Esp.
A A calling by name , a naming : neque nominum ullorum intereos appellatio est, Plin. 5, 8, 8, § 45.—Hence, meton. syn. with nomen, name , title , appellation (mostly post-Aug.): voluit appellatione hac inani nobis esse par, Cic. Att. 5, 20, 4: regum appellationes venales erant, id. Dom. 50: qui non aura, non procella, sed mares appellatione quoque ipsā venti sunt, Plin. 2, 45, 45, § 116; Tac. A. 3, 56; Suet. Ner. 55; id. Aug. 100; id. Dom. 13; id. Tib. 67; id. Vesp. 12: nihil esse rem publicam, appellationem modo, a mere name , id. Caes. 77.—
B In gram.
1 Pronunciation : suavitas vocis et lenis appellatio litterarum, Cic. Brut. 74, 259; Quint. 11, 3, 35 (cf. 2. appello, II. E.).—
2 A substantive , Quint. 9, 3, 9; cf. id. 1, 4, 20, and Scaurus ap. Diom. p. 306 P.