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vŏcātus, ūs, m. [voco], a calling, calling upon, summoning, invocation (only abl. in prose).

  1. I. In gen.: et ille et senatus frequens vocatu Drusi in curiam venit, Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 2: o numquam frustrata vocatus Hasta meos, my call, my invocation, Verg. A. 12, 95.
  2. II. In partic., an invitation to dinner, etc.: misit qui diceret, cenaturum apud Caesarem vocatu ipsius, Suet Calig. 39.