INVITE Copy link • INVITEinvitare aliquem ad aliquid (of every kind of invitation given by one’s self; both of persons and things): vocare aliquem ad aliquid (the proper word of an invitation to a party by a slave called vocator: then of inviting to a participation in anything, ad bellum, quietem, etc.). To invite anybody to dinner, invitare or vocare aliquem (with or without ad cenam): to invite anybody to my house, aliquem invitare domum meam: to invite anybody (who is about to go) to stay, aliquem invitatione familiari retinere: to invitemyself to dine with anybody, condicere alicui ad cenam; condicere alicui: to invite one to the enjoyment of a country life, ad fruendum agrum invitare (e.g., of old age; Vid: Cic., Cat., 16, 57): to invite one to read it by its agreeable style, jucunditate quadam ad legendum invitare. Incite, attract, invitare aliquem (e.g., somnos, Hor.; luxuriam, Velleius, ; assentationem, Cic.): allicere: allectare (allure). (The words are found in this connection and order.) invitare et allectare: allectare et invitare (aliquem ad aliquid).