vōtum (noun N) : voveo.
* (Acc. to voveo, I.) A solemn promise made to some deity, a vow (freq. and class.; esp. in plur.): qui (deus) numquam nobis occurrit neque in optatis neque in votis,Cic. N. D. 1, 14, 36: nefaria vota,id. Clu. 68, 194: nonne animadvertis ex tot tabulis pictis, quam multi votis vim tempestatis effugerint?id. N. D. 3, 37, 89: voto et promisso teneri,id. Att. 12, 18, 1: obstrictum esse religione voti,id. ib. 12, 43, 2: obligari voti sponsione deo,id. Leg. 2, 16, 41: cum de illo aegroto vota faciebant,id. Att. 8, 16, 1: vota facere,id. Fam. 7, 2, 4; id. Mil. 15, 41; id. Tusc. 5, 1, 2 al.: nuncupare,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 13, § 34: suscipere,id. N. D. 3, 39, 93: concipere,Ov. M. 7, 594; Liv. 5, 25, 7: debere diis,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 55, § 123: solvere,id. Phil. 3, 4, 11: reddere,id. Leg. 2, 9, 22: Jovi reddere,Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 46: suscipere et solvere,Plin. Ep. 10, 35 (44): persolvere,id. ib. 10, 100 (101): voto se exsolvere,Petr. 85: exsequi,Verg. A. 5, 53: voti damnari, i. e. to obtain one's prayer or wish Liv. 5, 25, 4; 7, 28, 4; 27, 45, 8; v. Zumpt, Gram. § 447 fin.: voti reus,Verg. A. 5, 237: voti liberari,Liv. 5, 28, 1.
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* Vota, a day on which vows were made for the good of the State (post-class.), Capitol. Pert. 6; Vop. Tac. 9; cf. Dig. 50, 16, 233, § 1.
* (Acc. to voveo, II.) A wish, desire, longing, prayer (perh not ante-Aug.): ea esse vota, eam esse voluntatem omnium, ut, etc.,Liv. 2, 15, 3: ejus me compotem voti facere vos potestis,id. 7, 40, 6: quoniam res Romana contra spem votaque ejus velut resurgeret,id. 24, 45, 3; 35, 42, 5: quod omnibus votis petendum erat,id. 32, 21, 35: magnarum cogitationum,Petr. 115: audivere di mea vota,Hor. C. 4, 13, 1: haec loca sunt voto fertiliora tuo,Ov. A. A. 1, 90; id. Tr. 1, 2, 1: votum in amante novum,id. M. 3, 468: voti potens,id. ib. 8, 80: quod omnium sit votum parentum, ut, etc.,Quint. 11, 1, 82: vota parentium,id. 1, 2, 25: id enim voto meo sufficit; illud supra votum, etc.,Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 3: Darius votum meum implevit,Curt. 4, 13, 24; 4, 13, 8; Sen. Polyb. 10, 6: cunctis super vota fluentibus,Tac. H. 3, 48; Sen. Ben. 6, 30, 1: votum aliquem confodiendi,Suet. Aug. 51; cf. id. ib. 58: hoc erat in votis: modus agri non ita magnus,Hor. S. 2, 6, 1: esse in voto,Pers. 3, 48; cf.: sed hoc votum est et rara felicitas,is rather a thing to be wished,Quint. 12, 5, 6 Spald.; so, votum est, ut, etc., it is to be wished that, etc., Cels. 6, 6, 1: an venit in votum Attalicis ex urbibus una?Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 5: non sine votis: O rus, quando ego te aspiciam?id. S. 2, 6, 59. —Of inanimate things: alioquin vota arborum frugumque communia sunt nivis diutinas sedere,Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 14.
* A marriage vow, matrimonial engagement, marriage (post-class.): ad tertia vota migrare,Cod. Just. 5, 9, 4; 5, 5, 24; 5, 1, 2: nuptualia,App. M. 4, p. 154, 18; id. Flor. p. 342, 27.