A vowe or promise made to God: A desire, a prayer. Voti reus, Vide REVS. Preces & vota. C. Votum & promissum. Ci. Votum pro bubus, vt valeant, fic facito. Cato. Votum. Ouid. A thing obtained of God by prayers: a thing much desired. Amarum votum. Claud. A vowe or desire hurtful or grieuous to him, that obtaineth it. Audax votum. Stat. Furialia vota. Sil. Greedie & outragious affections of coue. tousnes. Furiosa. Ouid. Dutragious appetites of couetounesse. Furile votum. Sil. A vayne and vnprositable desire. Ignauum. Claud. An idle wish without taking paynes to at. taine the thing. Modesta parum vota. Ouid. Sceleratas eius preces & nefaria vota cognouimus. Ci. Pauidum votum. Claud. Pia vota. Ouid. Holy prayers. Publica. Ouid. Common prayers, as are in the church. Temeraria vota. Tibul. Tristia. Ouid. The prayers of a sorrowful man. Anuit votis nostris Dens. Clau. God graunteth our prayers. Assuescere votis. Vir. Canere vota diuis. Vir. To sing hymnes and prayers. Cessare in vota, Vide CBSSO. Concipere vota. Ouid. To make vowes or prayers. Concepta vota. Sil. Vowes & prayers made in certain forme of words. Confugere ad vota. Plin. iu. Corrigerevota sua. Ouid. To cortect his owne desites and lustes. Damnari votorum vel votis, Vide DAMNO. Dissoluere vota. Ci. To sulfll his vowes and promises. Ducere vota ad bonos exitus Hor. Duplicare vota metu. Vir. In vota effundi. Tac. To fal earnestly to prayer: to pray with al his hart. Exequi annua vota. Virg. To keepe an anniuersarie or yeares mind, in praying for one that is dead. Facere vota. Ci. To desite: to wish: to pray. Facere vota parcius Sen. De aliquo ægroto vota facere. Ci. Lustralia vota ferre. Val. Flac. Inhibere vota alicuius rogando. Ouid. By desiring to stay one from doing that he hath appetite to do. Liberari voti, pro voto. Liu. To bee discharged or quit of hys vow. Votis vota nectere. Lucre. To make vowes upon vowes. Nuncupare vota, Vide NVNCVPO. Obligare votis caput. Hor. To binde himselfe with a vowe or promise. Onerare votis æthera. Virg. To lode heauen with vowes and prayers: to wearie God with many vowes or promises. Persecta vota ordine. Virg. Persoluere votum, Vide PERSOLVO. Poscere opem votis. Ouid. To desire helpe by prayer. Reddere vota, Vide REDDO. Repetere vota. Quin. Immortale votum sacrabat dijs. Vir. Feralia vota sancire dijs Stygijs contra aliquem. Sta. To beequeath and giue one to the diuel: to make solemne curses against one, and betake him to the diuel. Soluere vota, Vide SOLVO. Fidem voti soluere. Oui. To performe bis vow and promise. Supplicibus votis superare iram numinis. Vir. Suscipere vota. Ouid. Tacito suspendit vota labello. Catu. He voweth or prayeth speaking softly, or without words at al. Erecto voto timere aliquid. Sta. Vocare aliquem in vota. Vir. To desire one or bid him pray for vs. Vocare diuos in vota. Virg. To cal for helpe of the Gods in our prayer. Vocare imbrem votis. Vir. To pray for raine, Vocari votis. Vir. To be called on by prayers. Votum. Plin. iun. A desire: a wish. Ego te quam primum mea vota cupio videre. Ci. Ad votum, Vide AD præposicionem. Compos voti. Sen. He that hath that he wished or desired. Auarum votum. Claud. Matura vota coloni. Ouid. Ripe corne that the hushandman much wisheth for. Deplorata vota colonorum. Ouid. When hushandmen bewaile the losse of their corne, for which they haue often prayed to God. Exposcere pacem votis. Vir. Melior fingi ne voto quidem posset. Plin. iun. A man coulde not wish a vetter. Frui votis. Val. Flac. Implere votum alicuius. Curt. To accomplish ones desire. Potiri voto. Ouid. To haue that he wished. Respondere votis alicuius. Virg. To satisfie ones desire. Succedere in vota alicuius, Ouid. To desire that an other hath ceased to desire. Superant modum tua vota. Sta. Thy desires are exceeding. Fouere sua vota animo. Ouid. Est in voto scire quid ferar. &c. Persius. I desire greatelye to know, &c. Votîuus. pe. pro. Adiect. Hor. That is vowed. Aures votiuæ, Plaut. Eares desirous to heare. Votiuum. Apol. That is or hath bene greatly destred. Legatio votiua, Vide Legatio in LEGO, legas. Ludi votiui. Ci. Playes promised by vowes. Tabella votiua, Vide TABVLA. Thura votiua. Ouid. Voces votiuæ. Tibul. Voyces that vow.

A. (Acc. to voveo, I.) A solemn promise made to some deity, a vow (freq. and class.; esp. in plur.): qui (deus) numquam nobis occurrit neque in optatis neque in votis, Cic. N. D. 1, 14, 36: nefaria vota, id. Clu. 68, 194: nonne animadvertis ex tot tabulis pictis, quam multi votis vim tempestatis effugerint? id. N. D. 3, 37, 89: voto et promisso teneri, id. Att. 12, 18, 1: obstrictum esse religione voti, id. ib. 12, 43, 2: obligari voti sponsione deo, id. Leg. 2, 16, 41: cum de illo aegroto vota faciebant, id. Att. 8, 16, 1: vota facere, id. Fam. 7, 2, 4; id. Mil. 15, 41; id. Tusc. 5, 1, 2 al.: nuncupare, id. Verr. 2, 5, 13, 34: suscipere, id. N. D. 3, 39, 93: concipere, Ov. M. 7, 594; Liv. 5, 25, 7: debere diis, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 55, 123: solvere, id. Phil. 3, 4, 11: reddere, id. Leg. 2, 9, 22: Jovi reddere, Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 46: suscipere et solvere, Plin. Ep. 10, 35 (44): persolvere, id. ib. 10, 100 (101): voto se exsolvere, Petr. 85: exsequi, Verg. A. 5, 53: voti damnari, i. e. to obtain one's prayer or wish Liv. 5, 25, 4; 7, 28, 4; 27, 45, 8; v. Zumpt, Gram. 447 fin.: voti reus, Verg. A. 5, 237: voti liberari, Liv. 5, 28, 1.—

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a. A thing solemnly promised, that which is vowed or devoted, a volive offering (mostly poet.): lustramurque Jovi, votisque incendimus aras, with burnt-offerings, Verg. A. 3, 279: Danai in voto (i. e. equo Trojano) latent, Petr. 89; cf.: iste ... de bonis illius in aede Veneris argenteum Cupidinem posuit. Sic etiam fortunis hominum abutebatur ad nocturna vota cupiditatum suarum, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, 142.—

b. Vota, a day on which vows were made for the good of the State (post-class.), Capitol. Pert. 6; Vop. Tac. 9; cf. Dig. 50, 16, 233, 1.—

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1. (Acc. to voveo, II.) A wish, desire, longing, prayer (perh not ante-Aug.): ea esse vota, eam esse voluntatem omnium, ut, etc., Liv. 2, 15, 3: ejus me compotem voti facere vos potestis, id. 7, 40, 6: quoniam res Romana contra spem votaque ejus velut resurgeret, id. 24, 45, 3; 35, 42, 5: quod omnibus votis petendum erat, id. 32, 21, 35: magnarum cogitationum, Petr. 115: audivere di mea vota, Hor. C. 4, 13, 1: haec loca sunt voto fertiliora tuo, Ov. A. A. 1, 90; id. Tr. 1, 2, 1: votum in amante novum, id. M. 3, 468: voti potens, id. ib. 8, 80: quod omnium sit votum parentum, ut, etc., Quint. 11, 1, 82: vota parentium, id. 1, 2, 25: id enim voto meo sufficit; illud supra votum, etc., Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 3: Darius votum meum implevit, Curt. 4, 13, 24; 4, 13, 8; Sen. Polyb. 10, 6: cunctis super vota fluentibus, Tac. H. 3, 48; Sen. Ben. 6, 30, 1: votum aliquem confodiendi, Suet. Aug. 51; cf. id. ib. 58: hoc erat in votis: modus agri non ita magnus, Hor. S. 2, 6, 1: esse in voto, Pers. 3, 48; cf.: sed hoc votum est et rara felicitas, is rather a thing to be wished, Quint. 12, 5, 6 Spald.; so, votum est, ut, etc., it is to be wished that, etc., Cels. 6, 6, 1: an venit in votum Attalicis ex urbibus una? Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 5: non sine votis: O rus, quando ego te aspiciam? id. S. 2, 6, 59. —Of inanimate things: alioquin vota arborum frugumque communia sunt nivis diutinas sedere, Plin. 17, 2, 2, 14.—

2. A marriage vow, matrimonial engagement, marriage (post-class.): ad tertia vota migrare, Cod. Just. 5, 9, 4; 5, 5, 24; 5, 1, 2: nuptualia, App. M. 4, p. 154, 18; id. Flor. p. 342, 27.

I. Lit.: neque Herculi quisquam decumam vovit umquam, Cic. N. D. 3, 36, 88: sua capita pro salute patriae, id. Fin. 5, 22, 64: Tullus in re trepidā decem vovit Salios fanaque Pallori ac Pavori, Liv. 1, 27, 7: tibi hinc decimam partem praedae voveo, id. 5, 21, 2: templum Junoni, id. 5, 22, 7: vota vovere, Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 66: vota puer solvit, quae femina voverat, Ov. M. 9, 794: votum pro militibus, Liv. 23, 19, 28.—With acc. and inf.: cum sues puer pasceret, unā ex iis amissā vovisse dicitur, si recuperavisset, uvam se deo daturum, quae maxima esset in vineā, Cic. Div. 1, 17, 31; cf. id. Verr. 2, 4, 55, 123; id. Inv. 2, 31, 95: aut pro victimis homines immolant aut se immolaturos vovent, Caes. B. G. 6, 16: me inferre Veneri vovi jam jentaculum, Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 72: dictator ludos magnos vovit Vejis captis se facturum, Liv. 5, 19, 6: ludos donaque facturum vovit, id. 31, 9, 10; 42, 28, 9. —With ut and subj., Just. 21, 3, 2.—Part. perf.: at earum templa sunt publice vota et dedicata, Cic. N. D. 3, 17, 43: ludi, Liv. 4, 12, 2: pro reditu victima, Ov. Am. 2, 11, 46: Tyrrheno vindemia regi (Mezentio), i. e. solemnly promised, id. F. 4, 893.—Absol.: manus leviter pandata, qualis voventium est, Quint. 11, 3, 100.—

II. Transf. (from the wish implied in every vow), to wish, wish for a thing (in the verb. finit. rare, and only poet.; syn. opto): elige, quid voveas, Ov. M. 12, 200: quae modo voverat, odit, id. ib. 11, 128: quid voveat dulci nutricula majus alumno? Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 8.— With ut: ut tua sim voveo, Ov. M. 14, 35: quae voveam, duo sunt: minimo ut relevere labore, etc., id. ib. 9, 675.