(preposition) : 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 ; 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.).
* 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.
* 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.

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