cornīx

spătĭor, ātus, 1, v. dep. n. [id.].

To take a walk, to walk about, promenade (class.; cf.:

ambulo, deambulo): cum resideret, deinde spatiaretur,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 21, 59:

in xysto,

id. Opt. Gen. 3, 8:

aggere in aprico,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 15:

Pompeiā in umbrā (i. e. porticu),

Prop. 4 (5), 8, 75:

Pompeiā sub umbrā,

Ov. A. A. 1, 67:

in porticibus,

Petr. 90:

summā harenā,

Ov. M. 2, 573 et saep.—

In gen., to walk about or along, to go, proceed, = incedere ( poet. and in postAug. prose):

(Dido) ante ora deum pingues spatiatur ad aras,

Verg. A. 4, 62:

lato arvo,

Ov. M. 4, 87; cf. id. ib. 11, 64; Quint. 11, 3, 131; cf. id. 11, 3, 135:

cornix sola in siccā secum spatiatur harena,

Verg. G. 1, 389:

pompa spatietur,

will move along, Prop. 2, 13, 19 (3, 5, 3):

lato spatiata campo,

Sil. 4, 71.—

Transf., of things, to spread out, expand:

spatiantia passim Bracchia compescit,

Ov. M. 14, 629:

spatiantes alae,

his spreading wings, id. ib. 4, 364:

radices in summā tellure spatiantur,

Plin. 17, 10, 12, § 65:

intus, ut in metallis, spatiante venā,

id. 17, 8, 4, § 45:

morbum nosse, et vires ejus, antequam spatientur, opprimere,

Sen. Ira, 3, 10, 4.

ăqua, ae (ACVA, Inscr. Grut. 593, 5; gen. aquāï, Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 71; Lucr. 1, 284; 1. 285; 1, 307; 1, 454 et saep.; Verg. A. 7, 464; poët. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 9, 15; Cic. Arat. 179; Prud. Apoth. 702; the dat. aquaï also was used acc. to Charis. p. 538; v. Neue, Formenl. I. pp. 9, 11, 12; pp. 14 sq.;

aquae, as trisyl.,

Lucr. 6, 552 Lachm.), f. [cf. Sanscr. ap = water; Wallach. apa, and Goth. ahva = river; old Germ. Aha; Celt. achi; and the Gr. proper names Mess-api-oi and gê Api-a, and the Lat. Apuli, Apiola; prob. ultimately con. with Sanscr. ācus = swift, ācer, and ôkus, from the notion of quickly, easily moving. Curtius.].

A.. Water, in its most gen. signif. (as an element, rainwater, river-water, sea-water, etc.; in class. Lat. often plur. to denote several streams, springs, in one place or region, and com. plur. in Vulg. O. T. after the Hebrew):

aër, aqua, terra, vapores, Quo pacto fiant,

Lucr. 1, 567: SI. AQVA. PLVVIA. NOCET, Fragm. of the XII. Tab. ap. Dig. 40, 7, 21; cf. Dirks. Transl. p. 486; so also of titles in the Digg. 39, 3; cf. ib. 43, 20:

pluvialis,

rain-water, Ov. M. 8, 335, and Sen. Q. N. 3, 1; so,

aquae pluviae,

Cic. Mur. 9, 22; Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 233; Quint. 10, 1, 109 (and pluviae absol., Cic. Att. 15, 16, B; Lucr. 6, 519; Verg. G. 1, 92; Ov. F. 2, 71; Plin. 2, 106, 110, § 227); so,

caelestes aquae,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 135; Liv. 4, 30, 7; 5, 12, 2; Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 14; so,

aquae de nubibus,

Vulg. 2 Reg. 22, 12: aquae nivis, snow-water, ib. Job, 9, 30:

fluvialis,

river-water, Col. 6, 22; so,

aqua fluminis,

Vulg. Jer. 2, 18:

aquaï fons,

Lucr. 5, 602:

fons aquae,

Vulg. Gen. 24, 13:

fontes aquarum, ib. Joel, 1, 20: flumen aquae,

Verg. A. 11, 495:

fluvius aquae,

Vulg. Apoc. 22, 1:

rivus aquae,

Verg. E. 8, 87:

rivi aquarum,

Vulg. Isa. 32, 2:

torrens aquae,

ib. Macc. 5, 40; and plur., ib. Jer. 31, 9: dulcis, fresh-water, Fr. eau douce, Lucr. 6, 890:

fons aquae dulcis,

Cic. Verr. 4, 118; and plur.:

aquae dulces,

Verg. G. 4, 61; id. A. 1, 167: marina, sea-water (v. also salsus, amarus), Cic. Att. 1, 16; so,

aquae maris,

Vulg. Gen. 1, 22; ib. Exod. 15, 19:

dulcis et amara aqua,

ib. Jac. 3, 11:

perennis,

never-failing, Liv. 1, 21; and plur.:

quo in summo (loco) est aequata agri planities et aquae perennes,

Cic. Verr. 4, 107:

aqua profluens,

running-water, id. Off. 1, 16, 52; so,

currentes aquae,

Vulg. Isa. 30, 25; so,

aqua viva,

living-water, Varr. L. L. 5, 26, 35; Vulg. Gen. 26, 19; and plur.:

aquae vivae,

ib. Num. 19, 17;

and in a spiritual sense: aqua viva,

ib. Joan. 4, 10; so,

vitae,

ib. Apoc. 22, 17:

aquae viventes,

ib. Lev. 14, 5:

stagna aquae,

standing-water, Prop. 4, 17, 2; and plur., Vulg. Psa. 106, 35; so, stativae aquae, Varr. ap. Non. p. 217, 2:

aquae de puteis,

well-water, Vulg. Num. 20, 17:

aqua de cisternā,

cisternwater, ib. 2 Reg. 23, 16; so,

aqua cisternae,

ib. Isa. 36, 16:

aquae pessimae,

ib. 4 Reg. 2, 19:

aqua recens,

Verg. A. 6, 636:

turbida,

Vulg. Jer. 2, 18:

crassa,

ib. 2 Macc. 1, 20:

munda,

ib. Heb. 10, 22:

purissima,

ib. Ezech. 34, 18:

aquae calidae,

warm-water, ib. Gen. 36, 24; and absol.:

calida,

Cato, R. R. 156, 3; Plin. 25, 7, 38, § 77; Tac. G. 22;

and contr.: calda,

Col. 6, 13; Plin. 23, 4, 41, § 83: aqua fervens, boiling-water:

aliquem aquā ferventi perfundere,

Cic. Verr. 1, 67:

aqua frigida,

cold-water, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 37; Vulg. Prov. 25, 23; ib. Matt. 10, 42; and absol.:

frigida,

Cels. 1, 5; Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 11; Quint. 5, 11, 31: aqua decocta, water boiled and then cooled with ice or snow, Mart. 14, 116; and absol.:

decocta,

Juv. 5, 50; Suet. Ner. 48 al.—

Particular phrases.

Praebere aquam, to invite to a feast, to entertain (with ref. to the use of water at table for washing and drinking), Hor. S. 1, 4, 88 (cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 69).—

Aquam aspergere alicui, to give new life or courage, to animate, refresh, revive (the fig. taken from sprinkling one who is in a swoon):

ah, adspersisti aquam! Jam rediit animus,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 15.—

Aqua et ignis, to express the most common necessaries of life:

non aquā, non igni, ut aiunt, locis pluribus utimur quam amicitiā,

Cic. Lael. 6, 22.—Hence aquā et igni interdicere alicui, to deny intercourse or familiarity with one, to exclude from civil society, to banish, Cic. Phil. 1, 9; so the bride, on the day of marriage, received from the bridegroom aqua et ignis, as a symbol of their union: aquā et igni tam interdici solet damnatis quam accipiunt nuptae, videlicet quia hae duae res humanam vitam maxime continent, Paul. ex Fest. p. 3 Müll. (this custom is differently explained in [p. 148] Varr. L. L. 5, 9, 18): aquam et terram petere, of an enemy (like gên kai hudôr aitein), to demand submission, Liv. 35, 17:

aquam ipsos (hostes) terramque poscentium, ut neque fontium haustum nec solitos cibos relinquerent deditis,

Curt. 3, 10, 8.— Provv.

Ex uno puteo similior numquam potis Aqua aquaï

sumi quam haec est atque ista hospita,

you can't find two peas more like, Plaut. Mil. 1, 6, 70 sq. —

In aquā scribere = kath hudatos graphein, to write in water, of something transient, useless:

cupido quod dicit amanti, In vento et rapidā scribere oportet aquā,

Cat. 70, 4 (cf. Keats' epitaph on himself: here lies one whose name was writ in water; and the Germ., etwas hinter die Feueresse schreiben).—

Water, in a more restricted sense.

The sea:

coge, ut ad aquam tibi frumentum Ennenses metiantur,

on the sea-coast, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 83:

laborum quos ego sum terrā, quos ego passus aquā,

Ov. P. 2, 7, 30:

findite remigio aquas!

id. F. 3, 586.— Trop.: Venimus in portum... Naviget hinc aliā jam mihi linter aquā, in other waters let my bark now sail (cf. Milton in the Lycidas:

To-morrow to fresh woods and pastures new),

Ov. F. 2, 864.—

= la. cus, a lake:

Albanae aquae deductio,

Cic. Div. 1, 44 fin. —

A stream, a river. in Tuscae gurgite mersus aquae, i. e. Albula, Ov. F. 4, 48:

alii in aquam caeci ruebant,

Liv. 1, 27:

sonitus multarum aquarum,

of many streams, Vulg. Isa. 17, 12; ib. Apoc. 1, 15; 19, 6:

lignum, quod plantatum est secus decursus aquarum,

along the watercourses, ib. Psa. 1, 3.—

Rain:

cornix augur aquae,

Hor. C. 3, 17, 12:

deūm genitor effusis aethera siccat aquis,

Ov. F. 3, 286:

multā terra madescit aquā,

id. ib. 6, 198:

aquae magnae bis eo anno fuerunt,

heavy rains, a flood, inundation, Liv. 24, 9; 38, 28.—

In the plur., medicinal springs, waters, baths.

In gen.:

ad aquas venire,

Cic. Planc. 27, 65; id. Fam. 16, 24, 2:

aquae caldae,

Varr. L. L. 9, 69, p. 219 Müll.:

aquae calidae,

Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 227:

aquae medicatae,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 25:

aquae Salutiferae,

Mart. 5, 1.—Hence,

As prop. noun, Waters. Some of the most important were.

Ăquae Ăpollĭnāres, in Etruria, prob. the Phoebi vada of Mart. 6, 42, 7, now Bagni di Stigliano, Tab. Peut.—

Ăquae Aurēlĭae, in the Black Forest in Germany, now Baden-Baden, Inscr.—

Ăquae Baiae, in Campania, Prop. 1, 11, 30; earlier called Ăquae Cūmānae, Liv. 41, 16.—

Ăquae Călĭdae,

In Britain, now Bath; also called Ăquae Sōlis, Itin Anton.—

In Zeugitana on the Gulf of Carthage, now Hammam Gurbos, Liv. 30, 24, 9; Tab. Peut.—

In Gallia, now Vichy on the Allier, Tab. Theod.—

Ăquae Cĭcĕrōnĭānae, at Cicero's villa at Puteoli, Plin. 31, 2, 3, § 6.—

Ăquae Mattĭăcae, among the Mattiaci in Germany, now Wiesbaden, Amm. 29, 4, also called Fontes Mattĭăci in Plin. 31, 2, 17, § 20.—

Ăquae Sextĭae, near Massilia, once a famous watering-place, now Aix, Liv Epit 61; Vell. 1, 15; Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 36.—

Ăquae Tauri or Tauri Thermae, in Etruria, now Bagni di Ferrata, Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 52. V. Smith, Dict. Geog., s. v. Aquae.—

The water in the water-clock. From the use of this clock in regulating the length of speeches, etc. (cf. clepsydra), arose the tropical phrases,

Aquam dare, to give the advocate time for speaking, Plin. Ep. 6, 2, 7.—

Aquam perdere, to spend time unprofitably, to waste it, Quint. 11, 3, 52.—

Aqua haeret, the water stops, i.e. I am at a loss, Cic. Off. 3, 33, 117:

in hac causā mihi aqua haeret,

id. ad Q. Fr. 2, 7.—

Aqua intercus, the water under the skin of a dropsical person;

hence, as med. t.,

the dropsy, Plaut. Men. 5, 4, 3:

medicamentum ad aquam intercutem dare,

Cic. Off. 3, 24, 92:

decessit morbo aquae intercutis,

Suet. Ner 5; cf. Cels. 2, 8.— Trop.: aquam in animo habere intercutem, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 37, 3.—

Aqua, the name of a constellation, Gr. Hudôr:

hae tenues stellae perhibentur nomine Aquāī,

Cic. Arat. 179 (as translation of tous pantas kaleousin Hudôr); v. Orell. ad h. l.

văgus, a, um, adj. [root vagh-; Sanscr. vāhas; Gr. ochos, wagon; cf. veho], strolling about, rambling, roving, roaming, wandering, [p. 1953] unfixed, unsettled, vagrant (freq. and class.; syn. errabundus).

Lit.:

cum vagus et exsul erraret,

Cic. Clu. 62, 175:

itaque vagus esse cogitabam,

id. Att. 7, 11, 5:

dum existimabam vagos nos fore,

id. ib. 7, 26, 3:

Gaetuli vagi, palantes,

Sall. J. 18, 2; cf. id. ib. 19, 5:

multitudo dispersa atque vaga,

Cic. Rep. 1, 25, 40 (from Aug. Ep. 138, 10):

quae circum vicinos vaga es,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 14:

navita,

Tib. 1, 3, 39:

mercator,

Hor. A. P. 117:

Hercules,

id. C. 3, 3, 9:

scurra,

id. Ep. 1, 15, 28:

tibicen,

id. A. P. 215:

pecus,

id. C. 3, 13, 12:

aves,

id. ib. 4, 4, 2:

cornix,

id. ib. 3, 27, 16:

pisces,

id. S. 2, 4, 77:

vagi per silvas ritu ferarum,

Quint. 8, 3, 81; cf.

also: saepe vagos extra limina ferte pedes,

Ov. A. A. 3, 418:

refringit virgulta pede vago,

Cat. 63, 84:

ne bestiae quidem... facile patiuntur sese contineri motusque solutos et vagos a naturā sibi tributos requirunt,

unrestrained, Cic. Fin. 5, 20, 56:

peregrinationes,

Sen. Tranq. 2, 13:

errores,

Ov. M. 4, 502:

gressus,

Mart. 2, 57, 1.—Of inanim. things:

quae (sidera) autem vaga et mutabili erratione labuntur,

Cic. Univ. 10; cf.:

quae (stellae) errantes et quasi vagae nominarentur,

id. Rep. 1, 14, 22:

Aurorā exoriente vagi sub limina Solis,

Cat. 64, 271:

luna,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 21:

aequora,

Tib. 2, 6, 3:

flumina,

Hor. C. 1, 34, 9:

Tiberis,

id. ib. 1, 2, 18:

venti,

id. ib. 3, 29, 24:

fulmina,

Ov. M. 1, 596:

flamma,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 73:

crines,

Ov. M. 2, 673:

harena,

flying, light, Hor. C. 1, 28, 23:

domus (Scytharum),

id. ib. 3, 24, 10:

lumina noctis,

Stat. Th. 3, 63:

febres,

sporadic, Cels. 3, 5:

fel toto corpore,

diffusing itself, Plin. 11, 37, 75, § 193.—

Trop., wandering, wavering, unsteady, inconstant, doubtful, uncertain, vague:

(in oratione) solutum quiddam sit nec vagum tamen,

capricious, Cic. Or. 23, 77:

genus orationum,

id. Brut. 31, 119; cf.:

pars quaestionum vaga et libera et late patens,

indefinite, vague, id. de Or. 2, 16, 67:

nomen Ambrosiae et circa alias herbas fluctuatum,

Plin. 27, 4, 11, § 28:

de dis immortalibus habere non errantem et vagam, sed stabilem certamque sententiam,

Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 2:

vaga volubilisque fortuna,

id. Mil. 26, 69: vaga popularisque supplicatio, irregular, i. e. celebrated as men chanced to meet, without legal appointment, Liv. 3, 63, 5:

incertum diu et quasi vagum imperium,

Suet. Vesp. 1:

vagus adhuc Domitius,

i. e. vacillating between the parties, Vell. 2, 76, 2:

puellae,

inconstant in love, Prop. 1, 5, 7:

vagae moderator juventae,

flighty, giddy, Mart. 2, 90, 1; Stat. S. 4, 6, 2:

concubitu prohibere vago,

i. e. promiscuous, Hor. A. P. 398; so Col. 12, 1, 2; Mart. 6, 21, 6.— Poet., with gen.:

vagus animi,

wandering in mind, Cat. 63, 4.—adv.: văgē, here and there, far and wide, dispersedly:

vage effusi per agros palatique, etc.,

Liv. 26, 39, 22:

res sparsae et vage disjectae,

Auct. Her. 4, 2, 3:

dispergere,

id. ib. 4, 31, 42:

dicere,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 48, 2.

vellĭco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [vello], to pluck, twitch, pinch, nip (syn. carpo).

Lit.:

cornix vulturios vellicat,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 148:

puer, quid fieret, interrogatus, a paedagogo se vellicari respondit,

Quint. 6, 1, 41:

saetas,

Nemes. Ecl. 3, 32:

vellicata blande auricula suscitavit,

Paul. Nol. Ep. 36, 3.—

Transf., of bees:

nullius opus,

to suck, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 7.—

Trop.

To wake up, arouse by twitching:

excitandus e somno et vellicandus est animus admonendusque,

Sen. Ep. 20, 11; 63, 1.—

To pluck or twitch in speaking, i. e. to twit, taunt, carp, rail at (cf. rodo):

contemplent, conspiciant omnes, nutent, nectent, sibilent, vellicent, vocent, etc.,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 73:

more hominum invident, in conviviis rodunt, in circulis vellicant, maledico dente carpunt,

Cic. Balb. 26, 57:

quod vellicet absentem Demetrius,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 79; cf.:

nullum est tam plenum beneficium, quod non vellicare malignitas possit,

belittle, Sen. Ben. 2, 28, 2:

(puella) te vellicet,

Prop. 2, 5, 8; Gell. 4, 15, 1.

vĕtŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [vetus], little old, old (class.)

Adj.:

vetulus, decrepitus senex,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 43:

gladiator,

Cic. Quint. 7, 29:

filia,

id. Att. 13, 29, 1:

equi,

id. Lael. 19, 67:

arbor (opp. novella),

id. Fin. 5, 14, 39:

Falernum,

Cat. 27, 1:

cornix,

Hor. C. 4, 13, 25; cf.

cadi,

Mart. 13, 112, 2 et saep.—

vĕtŭlus, i, m., a little old man, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 4.—

Jocularly: mi vetule,

my little old fellow, Cic. Fam. 7, 16, 1.—

vĕtŭla, ae, f., a little old woman, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 118; Juv. 6, 241; Mart. 8, 79, 1.

vĕtŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [vetus], little old, old (class.)

Adj.:

vetulus, decrepitus senex,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 43:

gladiator,

Cic. Quint. 7, 29:

filia,

id. Att. 13, 29, 1:

equi,

id. Lael. 19, 67:

arbor (opp. novella),

id. Fin. 5, 14, 39:

Falernum,

Cat. 27, 1:

cornix,

Hor. C. 4, 13, 25; cf.

cadi,

Mart. 13, 112, 2 et saep.—

vĕtŭlus, i, m., a little old man, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 4.—

Jocularly: mi vetule,

my little old fellow, Cic. Fam. 7, 16, 1.—

vĕtŭla, ae, f., a little old woman, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 118; Juv. 6, 241; Mart. 8, 79, 1.

vŏco, āvi, ātum ( inf. vocarier, Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 27), 1, v. a. and n. [Sanscr. vak-, to say; Gr. root Wep:, in epos, word; eipon, said], to call; to call upon, summon, invoke; to call together, convoke, etc. (cf.: appello, compello).

Lit.

In gen.: (patrem) blandā voce vocabam, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 51 Vahl.):

quis vocat? quis nominat me?

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 25: He. Vin' vocem huc ad te (patrem)? Ly. Voca, id. Capt. 2, 2, 110:

Trebonius magnam jumentorum atque hominum multitudinem ex omni provinciā vocat,

Caes. B. C. 2, 1:

Dumnorigem ad se vocat,

id. B. G. 1, 20:

populum Romanum ad arma,

id. B. C. 1, 7:

milites ad concilium classico ad tribunos,

Liv. 5, 47, 7:

aliquem in contionem,

Cic. Ac. 2, 47, 144;

for which, contionem,

Tac. A. 1, 29:

concilium,

Verg. A. 10, 2; 6, 433; Ov. M. 1, 167:

patribus vocatis,

Verg. A. 5, 758:

ipse vocat pugnas,

id. ib. 7, 614:

fertur haec moriens pueris dixisse vocatis,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 170.— With dat. (post-Aug. and rare):

populumque ac senatum auxilio vocare,

Tac. A. 4, 67 fin.; 12, 45.— Absol.:

in senatum vocare (sc. patres),

Liv. 23, 32, 3; 36, 21, 7.— Impers.:

in contionem vocari placuit,

Liv. 24, 28, 1:

cum in senatum vocari jussissent,

id. 2, 55, 10.— Poet.:

tum cornix plenā pluviam vocat improba voce,

i. e. announces, Verg. G. 1, 388; so,

ventos aurasque,

Lucr. 5, 1086:

voce vocans Hecaten caeloque Ereboque potentem,

invoking, Verg. A. 6, 247:

patrios Voce deos,

id. A. 4, 680; 12, 638; Tib. 2, 1, 83; Just. 38, 7, 8:

ventis vocatis,

Verg. A. 3, 253:

numina magna,

id. ib. 3, 264;

12, 181: auxilio deos,

id. ib. 5, 686:

divos in vota,

id. ib. 5, 234;

7, 471: vos (deos) in verba,

as witnesses, Ov. F. 5, 527:

quem vocet divum populus,

Hor. C. 1, 2, 25; cf. id. ib. 1, 14, 10; 1, 30, 2; 3, 22, 3; id. Epod. 5, 5:

votis imbrem,

to call down, Verg. G. 1, 157.— Poet. with inf.:

hic (Charon) levare functum Pauperem laboribus Vocatus atque non vocatus audit,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 40.—

In partic.

To cite, summon into court, before a magistrate (syn. cito):

in jus vocas: sequitur,

Cic. Quint. 19, 61: tribuni etiam consulem in rostra vocari jusserunt, Varr. ap. Gell. 13, 12, 6.—

To bid, invite one as a guest, to dinner, etc. (syn. invito): Pa. Solus cenabo domi? Ge. Non enim solus:

me vocato,

Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 20:

si quis esum me vocat,

id. ib. 1, 3, 28:

aliquem ad cenam,

Ter. And. 2, 6, 22; Cic. Att. 6, 3, 9:

vulgo ad prandium,

id. Mur. 34, 72:

domum suam istum non fere quisquam vocabat,

id. Rosc. Am. 18, 52:

nos parasiti, quos numquam quisquam neque vocat neque invocat,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 7:

convivam,

id. As. 4, 1, 23:

spatium apparandis nuptiis, vocandi, sacrificandi dabitur paululum,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 21: Ge. Cenabis apud me. Ep. Vocata est opera nunc quidem, i. e. I have been already invited, I have an engagement, Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 18; so,

too, bene vocas! verum vocata res est,

id. Curc. 4, 4, 7: bene vocas;

tum gratia'st,

id. Men. 2, 3, 36 Brix ad loc.—

In gen., to call, invite, exhort, summon, urge, stimulate, etc.:

quod me ad vitam vocas,

Cic. Att. 3, 7, 2:

haec nisi vides expediri, quam in spem me vocas?

id. ib. 3, 15, 6: quarum rerum spe ad laudem me vocasti, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 7, 2.—

Of inanimate or abstract subjects, to invite, call, summon, incite, arouse: quo cujusque cibus vocat atque invitat aventes, Lucr. 5, 524:

lenis crepitans vocat Auster in altum,

Verg. A. 3, 70; cf.:

quāque vo. cant fluctus,

Ov. R. Am. 532:

Carthaginienses fessos nox imberque ad necessariam quietem vocabat,

Liv. 28, 15, 12:

me ad studium (feriae),

Phaedr. 3, prol. 9:

quocumque vocasset defectionis ab Romanis spes,

Liv. 24, 36, 9; cf.: arrogantiā offensas vo care, to provoke or excite hostility, Tac. H. 4, 80.— Pass.:

cum ipso anni tempore ad gerendum bellum vocaretur,

Caes. B. G. 7, 32. — Poet., with inf.:

sedare sitim fluvii fontesque vocabant,

Lucr. 5, 945.—

To challenge:

centuriones... nutu vocibusque hostes, si introire vellent, vocare coeperunt,

Caes. B. G. 5, 43:

cum hinc Aetoli, haud dubie hostes, vocarent ad bellum,

Liv. 34, 43, 5:

vocare hostem et vulnera mereri,

Tac. G. 14; Verg. G. 3, 194; 4, 76; id. A. 11, 375; 11, 442; Sil. 14, 199; Stat. Th. 6, 747; cf. Verg. A. 6, 172; 4, 223 Heyne ad loc.—

To call by name, to name, denominate (freq. and class.; syn. nomino): certabant urbem Romam Remoramne vocarent, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48. 107 (Ann. v. 85 Vahl.): quem Graeci vocant Aërem, id. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 65 Müll. (Epicharm. v. 8 Vahl.):

cum penes unum est omnium summa rerum, regen illum unum vocamus,

Cic. Rep. 1, 26, 42: comprehensio, quam katalêpsin illi vocant, id. Ac. 2, 6, 17:

urbem ex Antiochi patris nomine Antiochiam vocavit,

Just. 15, 4, 8:

ad Spelaeum, quod vocant, biduum moratus,

Liv. 45, 33, 8:

me miserum vocares,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 92:

non possidentem multa vocaveris Recte beatum,

id. C. 4, 9, 45.— With de, to call after, to name after:

lapis, quem Magneta vocant patrio de nomine Graeci,

Lucr. 6, 908:

patrioque vocant de nomine mensem,

Ov. F. 3, 77.— Pass.:

ego vocor Lyconides,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 49: De. Quī vocare? Ge. Geta, Ter. Ad. 5, 6, 3:

jam lepidus vocor,

id. ib. 5, 7, 13; id. Eun. 2, 2, 33:

a se visum esse in eo colle Romulum, qui nunc Quirinalis vocatur... se deum esse et Quirinum vocari,

Cic. Rep. 2, 10, 20:

syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur iambus,

Hor. A. P. 251:

patiens vocari Caesaris ultor,

id. C. 1, 2, 43:

sive tu Lucina probas vocari,

id. C. S. 15.—With de, to be named for, etc.:

Taurini vocantur de fluvio qui propter fuit,

Cat. Orig. 3, fr. 1:

ludi, qui de nomine Augusti fastis additi, Augustales vocarentur,

Tac. A. 1, 15.—

In eccl. Lat., to call to a knowledge of the gospel, Vulg. 1 Cor. 1, 2; id. Gal. 1, 6; id. 1 Thess. 2, 12.—

Transf., to call, i. e. to bring, draw, put, set, place in some position or condition:

ne me apud milites in invidiam voces,

Cic. Phil. 2, 24, 59:

aliquem in odium aut invidiam,

id. Off. 1, 25, 86:

cujusdam familia in suspitionem est vocata conjurationis,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 4, § 10:

aliquem in luctum,

id. Att. 3, 7, 2:

in partem (hereditatis) mulieres vocatae sunt,

succeeded to a share, id. Caecin. 4, 12; so,

aliquem in partem curarum,

Tac. A. 1, 11:

in portionem muneris,

Just. 5, 2, 9:

me ad Democritum vocas,

to refer, Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 56.—With inanimate or abstract objects:

ex eā die ad hanc diem quae fecisti, in judicium voco,

I call to account, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 12, § 34; so,

aliquid in judicium,

id. de Or. 1, 57, 241; id. Balb. 28, 64 al.:

singula verba sub judicium,

Ov. P. 1, 5, 20:

ad calculos vocare amicitiam,

Cic. Lael. 16, 58; Liv. 5, 4, 7; Plin. Pan. 38, 3:

nulla fere potest res in dicendi disceptationem aut controversium vocari, quae, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 291:

aliquid in dubium,

id. Inv. 2, 28, 84:

templa deorum immortalium, tecta urbis, vitam omnium civium, Italiam denique totam ad exitium et vastitatem vocas,

bring to destruction, reduce to ruin, destroy, id. Cat. 1, 5, 12.