ē-vŏco — Lewis & Short
ē-vŏco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
I to call out, call forth; to bring out, draw forth (class. —syn. invito, cito, etc.).
I Lit.
A In gen.:
(Tullia) evocavit virum e curia,Liv. 1, 48:
gubernatorem a navi huc,Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 12:
aliquem huc foras,id. Cas. 2, 3, 54; id. Bacch. 5, 1, 29; id. Poen. 1, 2, 46:
hinc foras,id. Rud. 2, 5, 22:
intus foras,id. Men. 1, 3, 35; id. Ps. 2, 2, 10:
aliquem ante ostium,id. Men. 4, 2, 111:
mercatores undique ad se,to call together, summon, Caes. B. G. 4, 20, 4; cf.:
aliquem litteris,Cic. Att. 2, 24:
nostros ad pugnam,to call out, challenge, Caes. B. G. 5, 58, 2.—
2 Transf., of inanimate things (mostly post-Aug.):
sucum quasi per siphonem,Col. 9, 14, 15; cf.:
materiam ad extremas partes fricatione,Cels. 4, 14:
abortum,Plin. 28, 19, 77, § 251:
ut in longitudinem potius quam in latitudinem evocetur (salix),Col. 4, 31, 2; cf.:
vitis evocata ad fructum,Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 182.—
B In partic.
1 Relig. t. t.: deum, to call a deity out of a besieged city, Liv. 1, 55, 4; 5, 21, 5; cf. Macr. S. 3, 9, 2; Dig. 1. 8, 9.—
2 In civil and milit. lang., to call out, summon to appear, sc. soldiers to military service:
(Metellus) evocat ad se Centuripinorum magistratus et decemprimos,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 67; cf. id. ib. 2, 3, 28:
senatum omnem ad se Decetiam,Caes. B. G. 7, 33:
principes cujusque civitatis ad se,id. ib. 5, 54, 1; cf. id. B. C. 1, 35, 1:
omnes (senatores),id. ib. 1, 3, 1:
centuriones,id. ib. 1, 3, 4 et saep.:
nominatim nobilissimum et fortissimum quemque ex omnibus civitatibus,id. ib. 1, 39, 2; cf. id. B. G. 3, 20, 2; 5, 4, 2; 7, 39, 1:
reliquas legiones ex hibernis,id. B. C. 1, 8, 1:
equites ex municipiis,id. ib. 1, 23, 2:
hanc (legionem) initio tumultus,id. ib. 1, 7 fin.:
magnam partem oppidanorum ad bellum,id. B. G. 7, 58, 4; cf. id. ib. 7, 44 fin.:
multos undique spe praemiorum,id. B. C. 1, 3, 2; cf. id. B. G. 6, 34, 8; Liv. 4, 9 al.—
II Trop.:
probitas non praemiorum mercedibus evocata,called forth, elicited, Cic. Fin. 2, 31; cf. Quint. 1, 1, 20:
misericordia nullius oratione evocata,called forth, produced, Cic. Deiot. 14, 40; cf.
indicium,Plin. 28, 4, 12, § 47:
iram, Sen. de Ira, 3, 8: risum lugentibus,id. Ep. 29:
ad aliquem honorem evocatus,Caes. B. G. 7, 57, 3:
eas (tacitas cogitationes) evocat in medium,Liv. 9, 17: aliquem in saevitiam ac violentiam, Sen. de Ira, 3, 5; cf.:
aliquem in laetitiam,id. ib. 2, 21 al.; cf. Gron. Sen. Ep. 47, 17.—Hence, Part.: ēvŏcā-tus, a, um; as subst. (cf. evoco, B. 2.): ēvŏcāti, ōrum, m., soldiers who, having served out their time, were called upon to do military duty as volunteers, veterans, Caes. B. G. 7, 65 fin.; Cic. Fam. 3, 6, 5; Sall. C. 59, 3; Suet. Aug. 56 al.