evoco

ē-vŏco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to call out, call forth; to bring out, draw forth (class. —syn. invito, cito, etc.).

I.

Lit.

A.

In gen.:

(Tullia) evocavit virum e curia,

Liv. 1, 48:

gubernatorem a navi huc,

Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 12:

aliquem huc foras,

id. Cas. 2, 3, 54; id. Bacch. 5, 1, 29; id. Poen. 1, 2, 46:

hinc foras,

id. Rud. 2, 5, 22:

intus foras,

id. Men. 1, 3, 35; id. Ps. 2, 2, 10:

aliquem ante ostium,

id. Men. 4, 2, 111:

mercatores undique ad se,

to call together, summon, Caes. B. G. 4, 20, 4; cf.:

aliquem litteris,

Cic. Att. 2, 24:

nostros ad pugnam,

to call out, challenge, Caes. B. G. 5, 58, 2.—

2.

Transf., of inanimate things (mostly post-Aug.):

sucum quasi per siphonem,

Col. 9, 14, 15; cf.:

materiam ad extremas partes fricatione,

Cels. 4, 14:

abortum,

Plin. 28, 19, 77, § 251:

ut in longitudinem potius quam in latitudinem evocetur (salix),

Col. 4, 31, 2; cf.:

vitis evocata ad fructum,

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 182.—

B.

In partic.

1.

Relig. t. t.: deum, to call a deity out of a besieged city, Liv. 1, 55, 4; 5, 21, 5; cf. Macr. S. 3, 9, 2; Dig. 1. 8, 9.—

2.

In civil and milit. lang., to call out, summon to appear, sc. soldiers to military service:

(Metellus) evocat ad se Centuripinorum magistratus et decemprimos,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 67; cf. id. ib. 2, 3, 28:

senatum omnem ad se Decetiam,

Caes. B. G. 7, 33:

principes cujusque civitatis ad se,

id. ib. 5, 54, 1; cf. id. B. C. 1, 35, 1:

omnes (senatores),

id. ib. 1, 3, 1:

centuriones,

id. ib. 1, 3, 4 et saep.:

nominatim nobilissimum et fortissimum quemque ex omnibus civitatibus,

id. ib. 1, 39, 2; cf. id. B. G. 3, 20, 2; 5, 4, 2; 7, 39, 1:

reliquas legiones ex hibernis,

id. B. C. 1, 8, 1:

equites ex municipiis,

id. ib. 1, 23, 2:

hanc (legionem) initio tumultus,

id. ib. 1, 7 fin.:

magnam partem oppidanorum ad bellum,

id. B. G. 7, 58, 4; cf. id. ib. 7, 44 fin.:

multos undique spe praemiorum,

id. B. C. 1, 3, 2; cf. id. B. G. 6, 34, 8; Liv. 4, 9 al.—

II.

Trop.:

probitas non praemiorum mercedibus evocata,

called forth, elicited, Cic. Fin. 2, 31; cf. Quint. 1, 1, 20:

misericordia nullius oratione evocata,

called forth, produced, Cic. Deiot. 14, 40; cf.

indicium,

Plin. 28, 4, 12, § 47:

iram, Sen. de Ira, 3, 8: risum lugentibus,

id. Ep. 29:

ad aliquem honorem evocatus,

Caes. B. G. 7, 57, 3:

eas (tacitas cogitationes) evocat in medium,

Liv. 9, 17: aliquem in saevitiam ac violentiam, Sen. de Ira, 3, 5; cf.:

aliquem in laetitiam,

id. ib. 2, 21 al.; cf. Gron. Sen. Ep. 47, 17.—Hence, Part.: ēvŏcā-tus, a, um; as subst. (cf. evoco, B. 2.): ēvŏcāti, ōrum, m., soldiers who, having served out their time, were called upon to do military duty as volunteers, veterans, Caes. B. G. 7, 65 fin.; Cic. Fam. 3, 6, 5; Sall. C. 59, 3; Suet. Aug. 56 al.