invoco

in-vŏco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to call upon, invoke (cf. imploro), esp. as a witness or for aid.

I.

Lit.

A.

With living beings as objects: alium invocat, cum alio cantat, Naev. ap. Isid. Orig. 1, 26:

invoco vos, Lares viales,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 23:

sibi deos,

id. Am. 5, 1, 9; cf.:

in pariendo Junonem Lucmam,

Cic. N. D. 2, 27, 68:

deos in auxilium,

Quint. 4 prooem. §

5: deos precibus,

Tac. A. 16, 31:

Deos testes,

Liv. 45, 31; Curt. 4, 10, 33; 5, 12, 3.—With a foll. subj.:

justae preces invocantium, ad ultionem accingerentur,

Tac. H. 4, 79.—

B.

With things as objects, to invoke, appeal to, implore:

leges,

Tac. A. 2, 71:

auxilia libertati,

id. ib. 15, 56:

arma alicujus adversus alium,

id. ib. 2, 46:

fidem suorum militum,

id. H. 2, 9; Suet. Caes. 33:

nomen Domini,

Vulg. Deut. 32, 3 saep. —

II.

Transf., in gen., to call by name, to name: aspice hoc sublimen candens, quem invocant omnes Jovem, Enn. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 4 (Trag. v. 402 Vahl.):

aliquem dominum, regem,

Curt. 10, 5, 9:

reginas dominasque veris quondam, tunc alienis nominibus invocantes,

id. 3, 11, 25.