compellātĭo

I. In gen., an accosting, Auct. Her. 4, 15, 22.—

II. Esp. with reproach, a reprimand, reproof, rebuke (rare), Cic. Phil. 3, 7, 17; in plur., id. Fam. 12, 25, 2; Gell. 1, 5, 2.