Lewis Short
invītātĭo (noun F) : id.
* An invitation, incitement, challenge (class.): aderat et hospitum invitatio liberalis,Cic. Phil. 9, 3, 6: in Epirum invitatio quam suavis!id. Att. 9, 12, 1: quaedam ad dolendum,id. Tusc. 3, 34, 82: fit invitatio, ut, etc.,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66.—With gen.: largior vini,Gell. 15, 2, 4; cf. benigna,feast, revel, banquet,Liv. 40, 7.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary