to challenge to drink

invīto, āvi, ātum, 1 (invitassitis for invitaveritis, Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 31), v. a. [perh. for invicito; root vec-; Sanscr. vak-, speak; vak'as, word; cf.: vox, convicium; Gr. Wep- in eipon, ops], 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. —

With in and acc.:

aliquem in hospitium,

Liv. 28, 18; cf. Val. Max. 2, 10, ext. 1:

ad cenam in hortos in posterum diem,

Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58. —

With simple acc.: aliquem domum suam ut animum ejus in Sthenium inflammarent (cf. e 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.—

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 [p. 997] 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.—

Transf.

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.

posco, pŏposci, 3 (old perf. peposci, Val. Antias ap. Gell. 7, 9, 9), v. inch. a. [for porc-scere; Sanscr. root parkh- prakh-, to ask; cf.: precor, procus, procax], to ask for urgently; to beg, demand, request, desire (syn.: flagito, postulo, peto).

In gen., constr. usually with aliquid, aliquem ( sibi): aliquid ab aliquo; also with a double acc., with ut, with inf., or with acc. and inf., or wholly absol.:

poscere est secundum Varronem, quotiens aliquid pro merito nostro deposcimus: petere vero est cum aliquid humiliter et cum precibus postulamus,

Serv. Verg. A. 9, 194.

With acc.:

posco atque adeo flagito crimen,

Cic. Planc. 19, 48; cf. id. Verr. 2, 5, 28, § 71:

argentum,

id. ib. 2, 4, 20, § 44;

2, 3, 34, § 78: pugnam,

Liv. 2, 45, 6: nec mi aurum posco, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 200 Vahl.):

si quid poscam,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 5, 10:

pulvinos,

Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 29; id. Planc. 19, 48:

vades poposcit,

id. Rep. 2, 36, 61; cf.:

audaciae partes Roscii sibi poposcerunt,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 13, 35:

peccatis veniam poscentem (preceded by postulare),

Hor. S. 1, 3, 75.—

With ab:

fac, ut audeat Tibi credere omnia, abs te petere et poscere,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 53: diem a praetore peposcit, Val. Antias ap. Gell. 7, 9, 9:

abs te litteras,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 16, § 36; 2, 2, 47, § 117:

tutorem ab aliquo,

Suet. Aug. 94:

bibere a me poscis,

Vulg. Joann. 4, 9.—

With a double acc.:

parentes pretium pro sepulturā liberum poscere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 7:

magistratum nummos,

id. ib. 2, 1, 17, §

44: aliquem causam disserendi,

id. Tusc. 3, 3, 7:

claves portarum magistratus,

Liv. 27, 24, 8:

non ita creditum Poscis Quintilium deos,

Hor. C. 1, 24, 12:

cur me in decursu lampada poscis?

Pers. 6, 61:

poscenti vos rationem,

Vulg. 1 Pet. 3, 15.—Hence, pass.: poscor aliquid, I am asked for something, something is asked or demanded of me ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

gravidae posceris exta bovis,

they ask you for the entrails, Ov. F. 4, 670; cf.:

poscor meum Laelapa,

they demand of me my Lœlaps, id. M. 7, 771:

nec tantum segetes alimentaque debita dives Poscebatur humus,

id. ib. 1, 138:

quod rationem pecuniae posceretur,

Gell. 4, 18, 12; to be called upon or invoked to inspire a poet or to sing:

aversus Apollo Poscitur invitā verba pigenda lyrā,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 76 (better reading poscis ab); cf. absol. Palilia poscor: Non poscor frustra;

si favet alma Pales,

Ov. F. 4, 721; so,

poscimur Aonides,

Ov. M. 5, 333:

poscimur,

Hor. C. 1, 32, 1.—

With ut:

poscimus, ut cenes civiliter,

Juv. 5, 112:

poscimus ut sit, etc.,

id. 7, 71; Tac. H. 2, 39: poposcit, ut haec ipsa quaestio diligentius tractaretur, Aug. Civ. Dei, 2, 21.—

With inf. or acc. and inf. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

poscat sibi fabula credit,

Hor. A. P. 339; cf.:

immolare Fauno, Seu poscat agnā sive malit haedo,

id. C. 1, 4, 12:

esse sacerdotes delubraque vestra tueri Poscimus,

Ov. M. 8, 708:

contraque occurrere poscunt,

Val. Fl. 4, 194; Pers. 1, 128; Claud. in Eutr. 1, 151.—In prose:

ego vero te etiam morari posco inter voluptates,

Sen. Contr. 1, 8; Arn. 7, p. 254. So, too, perh. (acc. to Stephanus's conjecture):

vos fallere poscunt,

Rutil. Lup. Fig. 2, 19, p. 181 Frotsch.—

Ellipt.:

poscunt majoribus poculis, sc. bibere,

they challenge to drink from larger goblets, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66.—

Absol., to beg, be a beggar:

improbus es, cum poscis, ait. Sed pensio clamat, posce,

Juv. 9, 63 sq. —

Of inanimate and abstract subjects, to demand, require, need:

quod res poscere videbatur,

Caes. B. G. 7, 1:

cum usus poscit,

id. ib. 4, 2: quod negotium poscebat, Sail J. 56, 1; 70, 3; Quint. 11, 3, 162 et saep.—

In partic.

To demand for punishment, to ask the surrender of: accusant [p. 1403] ii, quos populus poscit, Cic. Rosc. Am. 5, 13; cf.:

hujus tantae cladis auctor Annibal poscitur,

Flor. 2, 6, 7:

nec poscitur auctor,

Sil. 2, 44:

poscendum poenae juvenem jubebat,

id. 1, 677; so Liv. 9, 26.—

In gen., to call one (ante-class. and poet.):

clamore hominem posco,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 5:

gemitu Alciden,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 1887.— Pass.: ego poscor Olympo ( dat. of agent), Olympus calls me, summons me to the combat, Verg. A. 8, 533:

poscimur,

Ov. M. 2, 144.—

In partic., to call upon, invoke:

supplex tua numina posco,

Verg. A. 1, 666.—

In selling.

To ask, demand for a thing, to offer at a price:

tanti quanti poscit, vin' tanti illam emi?

Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 22: pro reliquis (libris) idem pretium poposcit, Varr. ap. Lact. 1, 6, 10.—

To ask, bid, offer a price for a thing:

agite licemini. Qui cenā poscit? ecqui poscit prandio?

Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 68; id. Merc. 2, 3, 101; Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 88.—

To demand one's hand, ask in marriage:

eam si jubes, frater, tibi me poscere, poscam,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 38:

filiam tuam mihi uxorem posco,

id. ib. 2, 2, 42:

tibi permittam, posce, duce,

id. Trin. 2, 2, 103:

sine dote posco tuam sororem filio,

id. ib. 2, 4, 98:

tuam sororem uxorem alicui,

id. ib. 2, 4, 49.

prō-vŏco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n., to call forth, call out.

Lit.

In gen. (very rare):

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.

To call out, challenge, invite one to any thing (as to play, sing, drink, fight, etc.):

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).

Neutr.:

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.):

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.

To challenge to a contest, to contend with, emulate, rival, vie with (post-Aug.):

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:

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.;

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:

officia comitate,

Tac. H. 5, 1:

mortem tot modis,

Plin. 19, praef. 1, §

5: bellum,

Tac. G. 35; Plin. Pan. 16.—

(Acc. to I. B. 2.) To appeal to any thing, to cite as authority or proof (late Lat.):

ad litteras Pudentillae,

App. Mag. 84, p. 326, 40:

ad Judaeorum Codices provocare,

Aug. Serm. 202, 3.