invite Copy link Outline I. To ask to go somewhere1. invīto, 1 (foll. by prep. or clause2. vŏco, 1 (with ad, in and acc.; also absol.)II. To tempt, solicit1. allecto, 1 (to entice)2. invīto, 13. arcesso, īvi, ītum, 3 • invite: I. To ask to go somewhere: 1. invīto, 1 (foll. by prep. or clause: absol. = to entertain): to i. any one to supper, i. aliquem ad coenam, Cic. Fam. 7, 9; to one's house, domum suam, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 36, 89; to stay with you, ut apud te deversetur, Cic. Att. 13, 2: Liv. (Also in gen. sense, to ask to join, e. g. in legationem, to take part in a legatio, Cic. Att. 2, 18.) 2. vŏco, 1 (with ad, in and acc.; also absol.): to i. to supper, ad coenam v., Cic. Att. 6, 3, fin.: absol., Pl. Capt. 1, 1, 7. In gen. sense, to i. to the deep, v. in altum, Virg. Aen. 3, 70. Join: vocare et invitare, Lucr. 5, 525. II. To tempt, solicit: 1. allecto, 1 (to entice): to i. flattery (assentationem) a. [et invitare], Cic. Am. 26, 99. So allicio, Ov. F. 6, 681, alliciunt somnos, tempus, motusque merumque. 2. invīto, 1: genial winter i.s, i. genialis hiems, Virg. G. 302: Cic. (v. supr. 1). 3. arcesso, īvi, ītum, 3: to i. rest, quietem a., Liv. 21, 4, med. Phr.: to i. to slumber, somnos suadere, Virg. Aen. 2, 9.