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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• summon:
    1. I. In gen. sense, to call:
      1. 1. cĭto, 1: he ordered the fathers to be s.'d by herald to the senate-house, patres in curiam per praeconem citari jussit, Liv. 1, 47, post med.: to s. the senate, c. senatum, id. 9, 30, post init.: c. senatores, id. 3, 38.
      2. 2. vŏco, 1: he s.s Dumnorix to his presence, Dumnorigem ad se vocat, Caes. B. G. 1, 20: to s. one to a public meeting, aliquem in contionem v., Cic. Acad. 2, 47, 144: to s. to arms, v. ad arma, Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21: cf. v. in arma, Virg. Aen. 9, 22 (cf. conclamare: v. to sound, A., I., 4.). Also of inanimate objects, to invite: the softly rustling South s.s to the deep, lenis crepitans vocat Auster in altum, Virg. Aen. 3, 70: cf. Ov. R. Am. 532: Liv. 28, 15, ad fin.
      3. 3. advŏco, 1: v. to call (II., 2.), assembly (5.).
      4. 4. ēvŏco, 1: to s. a great part of the townsmen to war, magnam partem (oppidanorum) ad bellum e., Caes. B. G. 7, 58: v. also to call forth.
      5. 5. convŏco, 1: to s. the chiefs of the Treviri to his (Caesar's) presence, principes Trevirorum ad se c., Caes. B. G. 5, 4: the senate was s.'d, senatus convocatus est, Cic. Fam. 10, 12, 3: v. also Smith's Lat. Dict. s. v.
      6. 6. prōvŏco: v. to challenge.
      7. 7. arcesso, īvi, ītum, 3: when men were being s.'d from the plough to be made consuls, quum ab aratro arcessebantur qui consules fierent, Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 50: v. also Smith's Lat. Dict. s. v. Cf. accio, excio, (v. to fetch, 2., 4.), adhibeo (v. Smith's Lat. Dict. s. v. II.): v. also to invite.
    2. II. To call to one's assistance:
      1. 1. advŏco, 1: Alcides s.s (to his aid) all arms, A. omnia arma a., Virg. Aen. 8, 249: cf. a. secretas artes, Ov. M. 7, 138.
      2. 2. inclāmo, 1: v. to call on.
      3. 3. invŏco (except in Tac. limited to invoking divine assistance: v. to invoke): to s. (or appeal to) the Roman arms against the Cherusci, arma Romana adversus Cheruscos i., Tac. A. 2, 46, fin.
    3. III. In judicial sense, to order to appear in court (a.) the defendant:
      1. 1. vŏco, 1: you s. (him) to court: he follows, in jus vocas: sequitur, Cic. Quint. 19, 61: to s. some one before the judge, v. aliquem in judicium, id. Balb. 28, 64: cf. judicio aliquem arcessere, id. Flacc. 6, 14: v. also to sue.
      2. 2. appello, 1: lest some be punished, others be not even s.'d, ne alii plectantur, alii ne appellentur quidem, Cic. Off. 1, 25, 89.
      3. 3. cĭto, 1 (to call upon a person in court, whether defendant or plaintiff, to make his appearance: said of the praeco): (the officer) s.s the accused: he (the accused) answers not (to the summons), citat reum: non respondet, Cic. Verr. 2, 40, 98.
      4. 4. expr. also by diem dicere alicui: Cic. Div. in Caecil. 20, 67: and pass.: v. also to accuse (I.). (b.) the witness:
      5. 1. denuntiare testimonium (with dat. of pers.): should the accuser have wanted to s. them as witnesses, si accusator voluerit testimonium eis d., Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 110: cf. id. Verr. 1, 19, 51. Also denuntiare testibus, based on Quint. 5, 7, 9, (testes) quibus in judiciis publicis lege denuntiatur.
      6. 2. antestor, 1: Hor. S. 1, 9, 76: v. Smith's Lat. Dict. s. v.
      7. 3. cĭto, 1: to s. as witness to some matter, c. testem in aliquam rem, Cic. Verr. 2, 59, 146: v. also to call up. (c.) the debtor: appello, 1 (v. Forcell. s. v.): Cic. Quint. 12, 40 and 41 (where it occurs absol. four times): also, a. de pecunia, id. Phil. 2, 29, 71. [N.B.--Admonere aliquem, Cic. Quint. 12, 40, as given in R. and A., simply means to dun, and is not strong enough.]
    4. IV. As a military term, to s. to surrender: invīto, 1: to s. the enemy to surrender, i. hostes ad deditionem, Hirt. B. G. 8, 19. Phr.: to s. a city to surrender, *postulare ut urbs tradatur (Georg.): *denuntiare hostibus ut se (s. se urbemque) dedant (id.): *civibus imperare deditionem (Ainsw.).