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vota

vota is a Latin form of votum, meaning “vow, prayer”. It is the accusative plural neuter noun or nominative plural neuter noun.

Found 435 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.4.123: … s ornare quas ceperat noluit: Verres qui non Honori neque virtuti, quem ad modum ille, sed Veneri et Cupidini vota deberet, is Minervae templum spoliare conatus est. ille deos deorum spoliis ornari noluit, hic ornamenta Mine …

Ovid, Amores 2.5.3: Vota mori mea sunt, cum te peccasse recordor,

Suetonius, Divus Julius 85.1: … nti pedum lapidis Numidici in foro statuit inscripsitque parenti patriae. apud eam longo tempore sacrificare, uota suscipere, controuersias quasdam interposito per Caesarem iure iurando distrahere perseuerauit.

All forms of votum (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.