I.a calling, calling upon, summoning, invocation (only abl. in prose).
I. In gen.: “et ille et senatus frequens vocatu Drusi in curiam venit,” Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 2: “o numquam frustrata vocatus Hasta meos,” my call, my invocation, Verg. A. 12, 95.—
II. In partic., an invitation to dinner, etc.: misit qui diceret, cenaturum apud Caesarem vocatu ipsius, Suet Calig. 39.
