• călo (as a very ancient word, with its derivatives also written
kălo;
v. the letter K),
āre,
v. a. [cf. Gr. καλῶ; Engl. call],
to call,
call out,
proclaim,
call together,
summon,
convoke; only as
t. t. in reference to religious matters; v. Kalendae, and the ancient formulary in
Varr. L. L. 6, § 27 Müll.;
cf. Macr. S. 1, 15: calata comitia,
a kind of comitia held for the purpose of consecrating a priest or
a king. Of these, some were curiata, others centuriata, Laelius Felix
ap. Gell. 15, 27 sq.:
Calata in Capitolium plebe, Macr. S. 1, 15;
Quint. 1, 6, 33.—Hence, sarcastically, on account of bribery, calatis granis (instead of comitiis),
Cic. Sest. 33, 72 Orell.