evocatio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ēvŏcātĭo, ōnis, f. [evoco], a calling out, calling forth (very rare).

I In gen.: inferorum, an evoking , Plin. 30, 1, 2, § 6: deorum ex urbibus obsessis, Macr. S. 3, 9. —

II In partic.

A A summoning of a debtor, Auct. B. Alex. 56 fin.

B A calling out , summoning of soldiers on an occasion of sudden danger, Auct. Her. 3, 2, 3: militiae, Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. 2, 7; cf. Don. Ter. Eun. 772; Serv. Verg. A. 7, 614.