Lewis Short
(verb) : pro-clāmo, āvi, ātum, 1
* To call or cry out, to vociferate.
* In gen. (class.): assunt, defendunt, proclamant,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 42, § 108: patre proclamante, se filiam jure caesam judicare,Liv. 1, 26: magnā proclamat voce Diores,Verg. A. 5, 345: quid non proclames, si, etc., Juv. 2, 75.
* In partic., in jurid. lang.
* To defend, to clamor in defence: proclamando pro sordidis hominibus,Liv. 22, 26, 2 (cf. proclamator).
* Proclamare ad or in libertatem, to assert one's liberty, to appeal to the judge to maintain one's liberty: ad libertatem,Dig. 40, 12, 42; 40, 13, 1; cf.: ad ingenuitatem,ib. 40, 14, 4: in libertatem,ib. 40, 12, 7; 40, 4, 59.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary