invocavi

Invocavi is a Latin verb form that denotes a completed action by the speaker. It is the first person singular perfect active indicative of the verb invocare, meaning to invoke or call upon.

Invocare is a first-conjugation verb whose principal parts are invoco, invocare, invocavi, invocatum. The form invocavi is the perfect tense, used to express a completed invoking action in past narrative or description.

In classical Latin usage, invocavi describes the act of invoking a god, deity, or authority. The entity being invoked is typically in the accusative, for example invocavi Iovem, meaning “I invoked Jupiter.” The precise nuance depends on context, but the form universally marks a completed invocation.

Invocavi appears in prayers, charms, inscriptions, and other textual contexts where a past act of invocation is described or asserted. It is also encountered in linguistic and grammatical studies as an example of the perfect tense in the first conjugation, illustrating how Latin verb forms encode person, number, tense, and aspect.