Lewis Short
clāmĭto, āvi, ātum (
* Part. pres. nom. plur. clamitantis, Varr. ap. Non. p. 356), 1, v. freq. n. and a. [clamo], to cry out violently or aloud, to bawl out, vociferate (class., esp. freq. since the Aug. per.; in Cic. only twice; not in Quint.; usu. of human beings).
* Neutr. (rare): ut illi clamitant,Cic. Caecin. 3, 9; of a bird: ipsum (passerem) accipiter ... vano clamitantem interficit,Phaedr. 1, 9, 7.
* Act.
* With the words or thoughts uttered as object.
* With direct citation: Chremes clamitans: Indignum facinus,Ter. And. 1, 1, 117: atque clamitas, Laterensis: quo usque ista dicis?Cic. Planc. 31, 75: quidam caricas vendens Cauneas clamitabat,id. Div. 2, 40, 84: Volero, clamitans provoco,Liv. 2, 55, 7: ad arma, et: pro vestram fidem, cives, clamitans,id. 9, 24, 9; 27, 48, 12; Suet. Aug. 40; Tac. A. 1, 18.
* With personal obj.: clamitant me ut revortar,call on me,Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 30 Lorenz (Fleck. inclamitant): clamitent Ne sycophantam,call,Ter. And. 4, 5, 20: clamitans eum modo consulem modo dictatorem,Ascon. p. 34, 13 Bait.: plausores, Augustianos militesque se triumphi ejus clamitantes,Suet. Ner. 25.
* Trop., of things, to proclaim, reveal, betray: nonne ipsum caput et supercilia illa penitus abrasa olere malitiam et clamitare calliditatem videntur?Cic. Rosc. Am. 7, 20.
* With acc.: quid clamitas?Ter. And. 4, 4, 28: haec Volscio clamitante,Liv. 3, 13, 3: quorum clamitant nomina,Plin. Ep. 9, 6, 2: saeva et detestanda alicui,to imprecate,Tac. A. 3, 23.
* With ut or ne: Acerronia... dum se Agrippinam esse utque subveniretur matri principis clamitat, conficitur,Tac. A. 14, 5; cf.: neve consulatus sui collegam dederet liberto... clamitabat,id. ib. 16, 10.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary