invitatorius

From invītō +‎ -tōrius.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪn.wiː.taːˈtoː.ri.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [iɱ.vi.taˈtɔː.ri.us]

invītātōrius (feminine invītātōria, neuter invītātōrium); first/second-declension adjective (post-classical)

1. inviting
   • c. 160 CE – c. 225 CE, Tertullian, De anima 57:

     Quid ergo dicemus magiam? Quod omnes pene: fallaciam. Sed ratio fallaciae solos non fugit Christianos, qui spiritalia nequitiae, non quidem socia conscientia, sed inimica scientia novimus, nec invitatoria operatione, sed expugnatoria dominatione tractamus; multiformem luem mentis humanae, totius erroris artificem, salutis pariter animaeque vastatricem scientiam magiae, secundae scilicet idololatriae, in qua se daemones perinde mortuos fingunt, quemadmodum in illa deos.

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   • 4th century, Jerome, Letters 14.1:

     Quoniam igitur et tu ipse abiens postularas, ut tibi, postquam ad deserta migrassem, invitatoriam a me scriptam transmitterem, et ego facturum receperam, invito, iam propera.

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2. invitatory, of or pertaining to an invitation

First/second-declension adjective.

• English: invitatory
• Old French: invitatoire

• “invitatorius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.