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(verb) : invīto, āvi, ātum, 1 (invitassitis for invitaveritis, Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 31), perh. for invicito; root vec-; Sanscr. vak-, speak; vak'as, word; cf.: vox, convicium; Gr. ϝεπ- in εἶπον, ὄψ
* To invite, treat, feast, entertain (cf. illicio; class.).
* Lit., constr. with ad or in and acc., with simple acc. or abl., or with ut.
* With ad: aliquem ad prandium,Cic. Mur. 35, 73: ad cenam,Val. Max. 2, 1, 2; Cic. Fam. 7, 9, 2; Suet. Aug. 34; ad consulem,Liv. 45, 8 fin.
* Transf.
* With simple acc.: aliquem domum suam ut animum ejus in Sthenium inflammarent (cf. ε infra), Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 36, § 89; Liv. 3, 14: alius alium domos suas invitant,Sall. J. 66. 3; Nep. Att. 13, 6.
* With abl.: aliquem tecto ac domo,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 11, § 25; cf.: hospitio invitabit,id. Phil. 12, 9, 23.— (ε) With ut: invito eum, ut apud me diversetur,Cic. Att. 13, 2; ut cenem invitor?Mart. 4, 68, 2.— Absol., to entertain: alii suos in castra, invitandi causā adducunt,Caes. B. C. 1, 74: aliquem poculis,to challenge to drink,Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 31. — With se, to treat one's self, drink one's own health: sese in cena plusculum,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 127: se cibo vinoque largius, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 321, 25 (Hist. 4, 4 Dietsch). —Comic.: gladio, to treat to the sword, i. e. to want to kill, Plaut. Cas. 3, 6, 21; cf.: aliquem clavā,id. Rud. 3, 5, 31.
* To invite, summon, challenge: a Caesare liberaliter invitor in legationem illam,Cic. Att. 2, 18, 3: Cosconio mortuo, in ejus locum invitor,id. ib. 1, 19, 4: hostes ad deditionem,Hirt. B. G. 8, 19: aliquem ad audiendum,Suet. Calig. 53: ad spectaculum,id. Ner. 12: praemiis ad quippiam agendum,Cic. Lig. 4: in libidinem,Suet. Calig. 41.
* To incite, allure, attract: ni id me invitet ut faciam fides,Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 5: invitat hiemps curasque resolvit,Verg. G. 1, 302: invitent croceis halantes floribus horti,id. ib. 4, 109: ad agrum fruendum invitat atque allectat senectus,Cic. de Sen. 16; so, assentationem,to encourage flattery,id. Lael. 26: invitare et allicere appetitum animi,id. Fin. 5, 6: somnos,to attract,Ov. M. 11, 604: culpam,to allure to transgression,id. H. 17, 183: invitatur vino appetentia ciborum,Plin. 23, 1, 22, § 38: fossis invitavit mare,i. e. conducted,Sol. 2. — Trop., of things: invitat somnos crepitantibus unda lapillis,Ov. M. 11, 604; cf. Hor. Epod. 2, 28. — With inf.: vicina invitet decedere ripa calori,Verg. G. 4, 23.
* To ask, request, urge: Germanos, uti ab Rheno discederent,Caes. B. G. 4, 6: benignis verbis, ut, etc.,Val. Max. 4, 3, 5 al.
* To invite, treat, feast, entertain (cf. illicio; class.).
* Lit., constr. with ad or in and acc., with simple acc. or abl., or with ut.
* With ad: aliquem ad prandium,Cic. Mur. 35, 73: ad cenam,Val. Max. 2, 1, 2; Cic. Fam. 7, 9, 2; Suet. Aug. 34; ad consulem,Liv. 45, 8 fin.
* Transf.
* With simple acc.: aliquem domum suam ut animum ejus in Sthenium inflammarent (cf. ε infra), Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 36, § 89; Liv. 3, 14: alius alium domos suas invitant,Sall. J. 66. 3; Nep. Att. 13, 6.
* With abl.: aliquem tecto ac domo,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 11, § 25; cf.: hospitio invitabit,id. Phil. 12, 9, 23.— (ε) With ut: invito eum, ut apud me diversetur,Cic. Att. 13, 2; ut cenem invitor?Mart. 4, 68, 2.— Absol., to entertain: alii suos in castra, invitandi causā adducunt,Caes. B. C. 1, 74: aliquem poculis,to challenge to drink,Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 31. — With se, to treat one's self, drink one's own health: sese in cena plusculum,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 127: se cibo vinoque largius, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 321, 25 (Hist. 4, 4 Dietsch). —Comic.: gladio, to treat to the sword, i. e. to want to kill, Plaut. Cas. 3, 6, 21; cf.: aliquem clavā,id. Rud. 3, 5, 31.
* To invite, summon, challenge: a Caesare liberaliter invitor in legationem illam,Cic. Att. 2, 18, 3: Cosconio mortuo, in ejus locum invitor,id. ib. 1, 19, 4: hostes ad deditionem,Hirt. B. G. 8, 19: aliquem ad audiendum,Suet. Calig. 53: ad spectaculum,id. Ner. 12: praemiis ad quippiam agendum,Cic. Lig. 4: in libidinem,Suet. Calig. 41.
* To incite, allure, attract: ni id me invitet ut faciam fides,Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 5: invitat hiemps curasque resolvit,Verg. G. 1, 302: invitent croceis halantes floribus horti,id. ib. 4, 109: ad agrum fruendum invitat atque allectat senectus,Cic. de Sen. 16; so, assentationem,to encourage flattery,id. Lael. 26: invitare et allicere appetitum animi,id. Fin. 5, 6: somnos,to attract,Ov. M. 11, 604: culpam,to allure to transgression,id. H. 17, 183: invitatur vino appetentia ciborum,Plin. 23, 1, 22, § 38: fossis invitavit mare,i. e. conducted,Sol. 2. — Trop., of things: invitat somnos crepitantibus unda lapillis,Ov. M. 11, 604; cf. Hor. Epod. 2, 28. — With inf.: vicina invitet decedere ripa calori,Verg. G. 4, 23.
* To ask, request, urge: Germanos, uti ab Rheno discederent,Caes. B. G. 4, 6: benignis verbis, ut, etc.,Val. Max. 4, 3, 5 al.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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