adclamatio

acclāmātĭo ( adc. ), ōnis, f. [acclamo], a calling to, an exclamation, shout.

I.

In gen.:

acuta atque attenuata nimis,

Auct. Her. 3, 12, 21;

the calling of the shepherd,

Col. 7, 3, 26; so in plur., id. 6, 2, 14.—

II.

In partic.

A.

A cry of disapprobation (so esp. in the time of the republic):

ei contigit non modo ut adclamatione, sed ut convicio et maledictis impediretur,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2; 2, 1, 2; quanto jam levior est adclamatio, C. Rabir. 18; id. de Or. 2, 83, 339 etc.; Suet. Dom. 23 al.—

B.

On the contrary, esp. later, a shout of approbation (e. g. on the appearance of a person honored by the people), a huzza:

adclamationes multitudinis assentatione immodica pudorem operantis,

Liv. 31, 15, 2; so Suet. Caes. 79; id. Aug. 58; id. Oth. 6 (made by the voice; while plausus is made with the hands, Quint. 8, 3, 3).—

C.

Rhetor. a figure of speech = exclamatio, epiphônêma, exclamation, Quint. 8, 5, 11.