(verb) : rĕ-vŏco, āvi, ātum, 1
* To call back, recall (class. and freq., esp. in the trop. sense).
* Lit.
* To ask back again, to invite in return: mutuo vocare, Non. (rare): domum suam istum non fere quisquam vocabat. Nec mirum; qui neque in urbe viveret neque revocaturus esset,Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 52; Varr. ap. Non. 167, 14: cum vulpem revocasset,Phaedr. 1, 25, 7; Lact. 6, 12, 3.—Hence, transf.: tribuni plebis quoniam adhuc praesens certamen contentionemque fugerunt: nunc in meam contionem prodeant, et, quo provocati ad me venire noluerunt, revocati saltem revertantur,i. e. now that they are invited to come back,Cic. Agr. 3, 1, 1.
* To call again, summon anew (rare): itaque hominem populus revocat, et retrahatur necesse est,i. e. to answer a renewed accusation,Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 4 (6), 6: tribuni de integro agere coeperunt revocaturosque se easdem tribus renuntiarunt,Liv. 45, 36 fin.; cf. id. 40, 46: refectum est convivium et rursus Quartilla ad bibendum revocavit,challenged us again,Petr. 23: convivam in diem posterum,Suet. Claud. 32.
* In partic.
* Milit. t. t.
* To call back, recall; to call off, withdraw soldiers from a march or from any enterprise: his rebus cognitis Caesar legiones equitatumque revocari atque itinere desistere jubet,Caes. B. G. 5, 11: insequentes nostros, ne longius prosequerentur, Sulla revocavit,id. B. C. 3, 51; Liv. 25, 14: quae receptui canunt, ut eos etiam revocent,Cic. Rep. 1, 2, 3: tardius revocati proelio excesserant,Sall. C. 9, 4; cf. Verg. A. 5, 167: equites,Caes. B. C. 1, 80: reliquas copias,id. B. G. 7, 35: naves omnes,id. B. C. 3, 14: hos certo signo,id. ib. 1, 27 fin.; 1, 28: milites ab opere,id. B. G. 2, 20: legiones ab opere,id. B. C. 1, 82: aestus crescens revocaverat fatigatos,Amm. 24, 4, 17.
* A theatrical t. t., to call for the repetition of a speech, a vocal performance, etc., to call back a player; to encore: Livius (Andronicus), cum saepius revocatus vocem obtudisset, etc.,Liv. 7, 2: Diphilus tragoedus revocatus aliquoties a populo,Val. Max. 6, 2, 9: quoties ego hunc (sc. Archiam) vidi magnum numerum versuum dicere ex tempore! quoties revocatum eandem rem dicere commutatis verbis atque sententiis,Cic. Arch. 8, 18: revocatus praeco, iterum pronunciavit eadem,Liv. 33, 32.—Also with an inanim. object: cum Orestem fabulam doceret Euripides, primos tres versus revocasse dicitur Socrates,to have encored,Cic. Tusc. 4, 29, 63. —Absol.: revocasse et repeti coëgisse,Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 12.—Impers. pass.: nominatim sum appellatus in Bruto Tullius qui libertatem civibus stabiliverat. Milies revocatum est,Cic. Sest. 58, 123.
* To recall from death, bring back to life: quā servetis revocatum a morte Dareta,Verg. A. 5, 476; cf.: Paeoniis revocatum herbis et amore Dianae,id. ib. 7, 769: dysentericos a morte revocari,Plin. 23, 6, 60, § 113.
* In gen., to call back, recall, resume; to withdraw, retire; to regain, recover; to draw back, draw off or away; to withhold, restrain, etc.: facilius sicut in vitibus revocantur ea, quae sese nimium profuderunt,are checked, pruned,Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 88: et vires et corpus amisi: sed si morbum depulero, facile illa revocabo, will regain, recover, id. Fam. 7, 26, 2: quae (studia) remissa temporibus, longo intervallo intermissa revocavi,id. Tusc. 1, 1, 1; cf.: quod, utcunque praetermissum, revocari non posset,Liv. 44, 40: praetermissa,Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 44: quae (philosophia) nunc prope dimissa revocatur,Cic. Ac. 2, 4, 11: veteres artes,Hor. C. 4, 15, 12: priscos mores,Liv. 39, 41: antiquam duramque militiam,Tac. A. 1, 20 fin.: quaedam exoleta,Suet. Claud. 22: omissa,id. Vesp. 16; id. Dom. 4 et saep.: nonnumquam animum incitatum revoco ipse et reflecto,Cic. Sull. 16, 46; cf. id. Att. 13, 1: vinolenti dubitant, haesitant, revocant se interdum,recover themselves, bethink themselves,id. Ac. 2, 17, 52: ut quaedam contra naturam depravata restituerentur et corrigerentur ab naturā, cum se ipsa revocasset aut arte atque medicinā,had recovered herself,id. Div. 2, 46, 96: revocare se non poterat familiaritate implicatus,could not withdraw,id. Pis. 29, 70: primae revocabo exordia pugnae,Verg. A. 7, 40; cf. Sen. Ben. 7, 25, 2 al.: revocari in memoriam somnii,Just. 1, 5, 3; 7, 1, 8.— Poet., with inf.: nec tamen illa suae revocatur parcere famae, nor can she be induced, persuaded, etc., Prop. 1, 16, 11: memoriam ad referendam gratiam admonitione revocare,to bring, induce,Sen. Ben. 5, 25, 6: scalam nobis in memoriam revocare, Aug. Civ. Dei, 16, 38, 2; id. Serm. 280, 1: in memoriam rursus revocatus,Petr. 10: revocat tua forma parentem (with recordor),Sil. 16, 193: magni est ingenii revocare mentem a sensibus,Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 38; cf.: eos ab illā consuetudine,id. Rep. 2, 13, 25: quos (homines) spes praedandi studiumque bellandi ab agriculturā et cottidiano labore revocabat,Caes. B. G. 3, 17: aliquam a cupiditate,Cic. Clu. 5, 12: aliquem a turpissimo consilio,id. Att. 3, 15, 4: aliquem a tanto scelere,id. Cat. 3, 5, 10; cf. id. ib. 1, 9, 22: animum ab irā,Ov. Tr. 2, 557: jam lapsos ab errore,Quint. 2, 6, 2: perterritos animos a metu,id. 2, 16, 8 et saep.: ab errore ad rectiorem viam,Lact. 1, 1, 21: cum ex saevis et perditis rebus ad meliorem statum fortuna revocatur, Cic. ap. Amm. 15, 5, 23: disceptationem ab rege ad Romanos revocabant,Liv. 41, 20: rebus institutis ad humanitatem atque mansuetudinem revocavit animos hominum studiis bellandi jam immanes ac feros,Cic. Rep. 2, 14, 27: ad quam eos quasi formulam dicendi revocent,id. Opt. Gen. 5, 15: ad quae me exempla revocas,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 90, § 210; Quint. 10, 7, 32: rem paene ad manus,Cic. Clu. 49, 136: me ad pristina studia revocavi,id. Brut. 3, 11: me ad meum munus pensumque revocabo,id. de Or. 3, 30, 119: se ad industriam,id. Brut. 94, 323: se rursus ad moestitiam,id. Tusc. 3, 27, 64: se ad se,id. Ac. 2, 16, 51: vilicum ad rationem,compel to an account,Cato, R. R. 2, 2: libertinos ingratos revocavit in servitutem,Suet. Claud. 25: fortunae possessionesque omnium in dubium incertumque revocabuntur,Cic. Caecin. 27, 76: ad spem consulatūs in partem revocandam aspirare non auderet,to bring over to his side,Liv. 4, 35: quod temporis hortorum aut villarum curae seponitur, in animum revocabo,will transfer to my mind,Tac. A. 14, 54: abi, Quo blandae juvenum te revocant preces (= a me ad se vocant, Orell.),Hor. C. 4, 1, 7.
* In partic.
* Pregn.: ad aliquid, to apply, reduce, refer a thing to something as a standard (syn. referre) (Ciceron.): impuri cujusdam et ambitiosi et omnia ad suam potentiam revocantis esse sententiam,Cic. Lael. 16, 59: misericordiā movetur, si is, qui audit, adduci potest, ut illa, quae de altero deplorentur, ad suas res revocet,id. de Or. 2, 52, 211: omnia ad artem et ad praecepta,id. ib. 2, 11, 44: omnia ad scientiam,id. Fin. 2, 13, 43: illa de urbis situ ad rationem,id. Rep. 2, 11, 22: rationem ad veritatem,id. Off. 3, 21, 84: rem ad illam rationem conjecturamque,id. Dom. 6, 15.
* To recall, revoke, retract, cancel (not so till after the Aug. per.): si facta mihi revocare liceret. Ov. M. 9, 617: promissum suum,Sen. Ben. 4, 39, 2: sententiam suam,Dig. 48, 18, 1 fin.: libertatem (shortly after: in servitutem retrahi),Tac. A. 13, 26: litteras,Suet. Vesp. 8: legatum ad quingenta,id. Galb. 5.
* As law t. t.: domum, domum suam revocare, to appeal to a judge of one's own country or city: (legatis) revocandi domum suam jus datur, Dig. 5, 1, 2, §§ 3, 4, and 5.