vocatus

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

vŏcātus, ūs, m. [voco], a calling, calling upon, summoning, invocation (only abl. in prose).

I In gen.: et ille et senatus frequens vocatu Drusi in curiam venit, Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 2: o numquam frustrata vocatus Hasta meos, my call , my invocation , Verg. A. 12, 95.—

II In partic., an invitation to dinner, etc.: misit qui diceret, cenaturum apud Caesarem vocatu ipsius, Suet. Calig. 39.

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