invito

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.).

I.

Lit., constr. with ad or in and acc., with simple acc. or abl., or with ut.

(α).

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. —

(β).

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. —

(γ).

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.—

(δ).

With abl.:

aliquem tecto ac domo,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 11, § 25; cf.:

hospitio invitabit,

id. Phil. 12, 9, 23.—

(ε).

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.—

II.

Transf.

A.

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.—

B.

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.—

C.

To ask, request, urge:

Germanos, uti ab Rheno discederent,

Caes. B. G. 4, 6:

benignis verbis, ut, etc.,

Val. Max. 4, 3, 5 al.