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1 provoco
I.Lit.A.In gen. (very rare):B.aliquem,
Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 43:ut ubi illaec prodeat, me provoces,
id. Mil. 4, 3, 28; id. Bacch. 3, 3, 40:mandant, ut ad se provocet Simonidem,
Phaedr. 4, 23, 25:dum rota Luciferi provocet orta diem,
lead up, call forth, Tib. 1, 9, 62:Memnonis mater roseo provocet ore diem,
Ov. P. 1, 4, 58; cf. id. F. 1, 456:provocare et elicere novas radiculas,
Col. 3, 15, 5.—In partic.1.To call out, challenge, invite one to any thing (as to play, sing, drink, fight, etc.):2.provocat me in aleam,
challenged me to a game, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 75:pedibus,
to a race, id. Ep. 5, 1, 58:aliquem tesseris,
Macr. S. 1, 10:aliquem cantatum,
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 53:aliquem ad pugnam,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 22, 49; cf. Liv. 8, 7, and Flor. 2, 17, 11 Duker: duces nec prohibere paucos temere provocantis volebant, nec, etc., Liv. 23, 16, 4:et oleo et mero viros provocant,
Sen. Ep. 95, 21:aliquem ad bibendum,
Vop. Firm. 4.—In jurid. lang., to take a cause before a higher court, to appeal, make an appeal; in this signif. usually neutr., ad aliquem; act. only post-class., with the judge to whom the appeal is made as object (cf. appello).(α).Neutr.:(β).ut de majestate damnati ad populum provocent,
Cic. Phil. 1, 9, 21; cf.: quam id rectum sit, tu judicabis;ne ad Catonem quidem provocabo,
id. Att. 6, 1, 7:provoco ad populum,
Liv. 8, 33:arreptus a viatore, Provoco, inquit,
I appeal, id. 3, 56:si a duumviris provocarit, provocatione certato,
id. 1, 26, 6; 3, 56:ab omni judicio poenāque provocari licere,
Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 54.—Act., to appeal to a judge (post-class.):II.si judicem provocent,
Dig. 8, 28, 6:si praefectus urbi judicem dederit, ipse erit provocandus, qui eum judicem dederit,
ib. 49, 3, 1.—Also:provocare judicium ad populum,
to bring the decision before the people by appeal, Val. Max. 8, 1, 1;rarely, aliquem ad judicem,
to cite, summon before, App. Flor. p. 360, 24.—Trop.A.To challenge to a contest, to contend with, emulate, rival, vie with (post-Aug.):B.aliquem virtute,
to vie with him in virtue, Plin. Ep. 2, 7, 4:elegia Graecos provocamus,
Quint. 10, 1, 93; cf.:ea pictura naturam ipsam provocavit,
Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 94.—Of things, Plin. 16, 8, 12, § 32:immensum latus Circi templorum pulchritudinem provocat,
id. Pan. 51, 3.—To challenge, incite, provoke to any thing:C.felicitas temporum, quae bonam conscientiam civium tuorum ad usum indulgentiae tuae provocat,
Plin. Ep. 10, 12 (7) fin.:omni comitate ad hilaritatem et jocum provocare,
Suet. Calig. 27; id. Claud. 21:tacentes ad communionem sermonis,
id. Aug. 74.—To excite, stimulate, exasperate, stir up, rouse with any thing (class.;D.syn.: irrito, lacesso): qui non solum a me provocatus sed etiam suā sponte solet, etc.,
Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 3:aliquem beneficio,
id. Off. 1, 15, 48:sermonibus,
Caes. B. C. 1, 74:minis et verbis,
Tac. H. 3, 24:bello,
id. ib. 4, 17:injuriā,
id. A. 14, 49 et saep.:ad iracundiam,
Vulg. Isa. 63, 10; id. Deut. 4, 25. —To call forth, occasion, produce, cause:E.officia comitate,
Tac. H. 5, 1:mortem tot modis,
Plin. 19, praef. 1, §5: bellum,
Tac. G. 35; Plin. Pan. 16.— -
2 certāmen
certāmen inis, n [certo], a decisive contest, measuring of forces, struggle, strife, dispute, dissension, rivalry, competition: inter clarissimos duces: de urbis possessione: cum alqo: regni, L.: nostrum: certamina domi finita, civil dissensions, L.: inter mortalīs vine an virtute, etc., S.: certamina divitiarum, H. — A battle, fight, struggle, combat, engagement: ubi res ad certamen venit, S.: in certamine ipso, L.: medio in certamine, V.: ita vario certamine pugnatum est, such were the changing aspects of the battle, Cs.: humanum, between men, L.: pari certamine geri, with equal numbers, Cs.: pugnae, O.: navale, V.: non temptato certamine, L.: me in certamina poscere, challenge, V. — A trial, race, match, contest, struggle: gladiatorium: Instituit celebri certamine ludos, O.: celebrata sancto certamina patri, V.: cursūs, O.: equus certamine primus, H.: ponam certamina classis, make a match, V.: Velocis iaculi certamina ponit, V.—Meton., rivalry, competition, emulation, ambition, zeal: honoris et gloriae: pugna mediocri certamine commissa: olli certamine summo Procumbunt, V.: magni certaminis dimicatio, L.— A prize: tanti certaminis heres, O.* * *contest, competition; battle, combat, struggle; rivalry; (matter in) dispute
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