proclamo

pro-clāmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to call or cry out, to vociferate.

I.

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.—

II.

In partic., in jurid. lang.

(α).

To defend, to clamor in defence:

proclamando pro sordidis hominibus,

Liv. 22, 26, 2 (cf. proclamator).—

(β).

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.