dē-vŏco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to call off, call away; also to call down.—With abl. of the place whence after de, ab, ex, rarely without a prep.; and with reference to the term. ad quem (cf. de, no. II. B.), to call, to fetch by calling to any place, with ad or in (rare but class.).
I Lit.: aliquem de provincia ... ad gloriam, ad triumphum, etc., Cic. Prov. Cons. 12, 29: suos ab tumulo, Liv. 4, 39; cf.: ex praesidiis, id. 33, 18: refixa sidera caelo, Hor. Epod. 17, 5; cf.: Jovem caelo sacrificio, Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 14; and: Jovem deosque alios ad auxilium, Liv. 6, 20, 9: aliquem in judicium, Val. Max. 6, 5, 5; cf.: aliquem in certamen, id. 3, 2, 21: aliquem (ad cenam), to invite , Nep. Cim. 4, 3. —
II Trop., to call off, allure, call down , etc.: non (illum) avaritia ab instituto cursu ad praedam aliquam devocavit, non libido ad voluptatem, etc., Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 40; cf.: huc a simulacris deorum hominumque humanissimam artem, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 89 Sill.: philosophiam e caelo, Cic. Tusc. 5, 4, 10: suas fortunas in dubium, to endanger , * Caes. B. G. 6, 7, 6; cf.: aliquem in id, ut, etc., to prevail on one to , etc., Sen. Ben. 6, 27: mortales ad perniciem, to bring , Phaedr. 1, 20, 2: rem ad populum, Val. Max. 2, 7, 8.