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appellātĭo, ōnis, f. [2. appello].

  1. I. A going to one in order to accost or make a request of him (not found in earlier Lat.).
    1. A. An address, an accosting: hanc nactus appellationis causam, this opportunity for an address or appeal, Caes. B. C. 2, 28.
      Hence,
    2. B. In judicial lang., t. t., an appeal: intercessit appellatio tribunorum, i. e. ad tribunos, Cic. Quint. 20 fin.; so id. Vatin. 14 fin.: appellationem et tribunicium auxilium, Liv. 9, 26: appellatio provocatioque, id. 3, 56; Suet. Aug. 33: ut omnes appellationes a judicibus ad Senatum fierent, id. Ner. 17; so, ad populum, Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 90 al.
  2. II. Esp.
    1. A. A calling by name, a naming: neque nominum ullorum intereos appellatio est, Plin. 5, 8, 8, § 45.
      Hence, meton. syn. with nomen, name, title, appellation (mostly post-Aug.): voluit appellatione hac inani nobis esse par, Cic. Att. 5, 20, 4: regum appellationes venales erant, id. Dom. 50: qui non aura, non procella, sed mares appellatione quoque ipsā venti sunt, Plin. 2, 45, 45, § 116; Tac. A. 3, 56; Suet. Ner. 55; id. Aug. 100; id. Dom. 13; id. Tib. 67; id. Vesp. 12: nihil esse rem publicam, appellationem modo, a mere name, id. Caes. 77.
    2. B. In gram.
      1. 1. Pronunciation: suavitas vocis et lenis appellatio litterarum, Cic. Brut. 74, 259; Quint. 11, 3, 35 (cf. 2. appello, II. E.).
      2. 2. A substantive, Quint. 9, 3, 9; cf. id. 1, 4, 20, and Scaurus ap. Diom. p. 306 P.