What does clāmō mean in Latin?

clāmō, a verb, means “to cry out, clamor, shout, yell, exclaim; to call, to call to; to address as, call by name”.

What are the principal parts of clāmō?

clāmō, clāmāre, clāmāvī, clāmātum (first conjugation).

How do you pronounce clāmō?

In classical Latin, [ˈkɫaː.moː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈklaː.mo].

Where does clāmō come from?

Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- → Proto-Indo-European *kl̥h₁m- → Latin clāmō.

Which English words come from clāmō?

English words that go back to Latin clāmō include claim, claimant, clamant, clamor, exclaim and reclaim.

verbfirst conjugation

clāmō

clāmō (present infinitive clāmāre, perfect active clāmāvī, supine clāmātum)

Classical[ˈkɫaː.moː]Ecclesiastical[ˈklaː.mo]

Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

to cry out, clamor, shout, yell, exclaim
Dē tē autem, Catilīna: cum quiēscunt, probant; cum patiuntur, dēcernunt; cum tacent, clāmant; […].However, concerning you, Catiline: when they are quiet, they approve [what I say]; when they permit [me to speak], they decree; when they are silent, they cry out; […] .63 BCE, Cicero, In Catilinam orationes 1.21
Medieval Latinto call, to call to
Medieval Latinto address as, call by name

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

magnā vōce dīcō; quī dolet, saepe clāmat.

clāmō -āre — in Mille Verba, Corpus Hūmānum

magnā vōce dīcō

clāmō -āre — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 2, 18

magnā vōce vocō

clāmō -āre — in Evangelium secundum Marcum, ch. 1

to shout

clāmō -āre — in Viri Romae Facillimi, ch. 1, 10, 16, 18, 19, 22

shouts

clāmat — in Seneca, ch. XII

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Clangere · Clamare · Vociferari

Clangere is the cry of animals and the clang of instruments, like κλάγγειν; clamare and vociferari, the cry of men; clamare, an utterance of the will, but vociferari, of passion, in anger, pain, in intoxication. Rhet. ad. Her. iii. 12. Acuta exclamatio habet quiddam illiberale et ad muliebrem potius vociferationem, quam ad virilem dignitatem in dicendo accommodatum. Senec. Ep. 15. Virg. Æn. ii. 310. Exoritur clamorque virum clangorque tubarum. (v. 103.)

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
form	present	imperfect	future	perfect	pluperfect	fut. perfect
1st sg.	clāmō	clāmābam	clāmābō	clāmāvī	clāmāveram	clāmāverō clāmārō
2nd sg.	clāmās	clāmābās	clāmābis	clāmāvistī clāmāstī	clāmāverās clāmārās	clāmāveris
3rd sg.	clāmat	clāmābat	clāmābit	clāmāvit	clāmāverat clāmārat	clāmāverit clāmārit
1st pl.	clāmāmus	clāmābāmus	clāmābimus	clāmāvimus	clāmāverāmus	clāmāverimus clāmārimus
2nd pl.	clāmātis	clāmābātis	clāmābitis	clāmāvistis clāmāstis	clāmāverātis clāmārātis	clāmāveritis clāmāritis
3rd pl.	clāmant	clāmābant	clāmābunt	clāmāvērunt clāmāvēre, clāmārunt	clāmāverant clāmārant	clāmāverint clāmārint

active subjunctive

active subjunctive
form	present	imperfect	perfect	pluperfect
1st sg.	clāmem	clāmārem	clāmāverim clāmārim	clāmāvissem clāmāssem
2nd sg.	clāmēs	clāmārēs	clāmāverīs	clāmāvissēs clāmāssēs
3rd sg.	clāmet	clāmāret	clāmāverit clāmārit	clāmāvisset clāmāsset
1st pl.	clāmēmus	clāmārēmus	clāmāverīmus clāmārīmus	clāmāvissēmus clāmāssēmus
2nd pl.	clāmētis	clāmārētis	clāmāverītis clāmārītis	clāmāvissētis clāmāssētis
3rd pl.	clāment	clāmārent	clāmāverint clāmārint	clāmāvissent clāmāssent

passive indicative

passive indicative
form	present	imperfect	future
1st sg.	clāmor	clāmābar	clāmābor
2nd sg.	clāmāris clāmāre	clāmābāris clāmābāre	clāmāberis clāmābere
3rd sg.	clāmātur	clāmābātur	clāmābitur
1st pl.	clāmāmur	clāmābāmur	clāmābimur
2nd pl.	clāmāminī	clāmābāminī	clāmābiminī
3rd pl.	clāmantur	clāmābantur	clāmābuntur

passive subjunctive

passive subjunctive
form	present	imperfect
1st sg.	clāmer	clāmārer
2nd sg.	clāmēris clāmēre	clāmārēris clāmārēre
3rd sg.	clāmētur	clāmārētur
1st pl.	clāmēmur	clāmārēmur
2nd pl.	clāmēminī	clāmārēminī
3rd pl.	clāmentur	clāmārentur

imperative

imperative
form	active	passive
pres. 2nd sg.	clāmā	clāmāre
pres. 2nd pl.	clāmāte	clāmāminī
fut. 2nd sg.	clāmātō	clāmātor
fut. 3rd sg.	clāmātō	clāmātor
fut. 2nd pl.	clāmātōte	—
fut. 3rd pl.	clāmantō	clāmantor

infinitives & participles

infinitives & participles
form	active	passive
present infinitive	clāmāre	clāmārī
perfect infinitive	clāmāvisse clāmāsse	clāmātum esse
future infinitive	clāmātūrum esse	clāmātum īrī
present participle	clāmāns clāmante, clāmantem, clāmantēs, clāmantī, clāmantia, clāmantibus, clāmantis, clāmantīs, clāmantium	—
perfect participle	—	clāmātus clāmāta, clāmātā, clāmātae, clāmātam, clāmātārum, clāmātās, clāmātī, clāmātōrum, clāmātōs
future participle	clāmātūrus clāmātūra, clāmātūrā, clāmātūrae, clāmātūram, clāmātūrārum, clāmātūrās, clāmātūre, clāmātūrī, clāmātūrīs, clāmātūrō, clāmātūrōrum, clāmātūrōs, clāmātūrum	clāmandus

gerundclāmandī, clāmandō, clāmandumsupineclāmātum, clāmātū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

magna voce clamare: to shout at the top of one's voice.

clāmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a.

I. [Sanscr. kar-, to celebrate; Gr. καλέω, κλητός; cf.: clarus, classis, nomenclator, concilium].

I. Neutr., to call, cry out, shout aloud, to complain with a loud voice, vociferari (class. and very freq.; mostly of human beings): populus convolat; Tumultuantur, clamant, pugnant de loco, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 33: dic mihi, Non clamas? non insanis? id. Ad. 4, 7, 9; cf. id. ib. 5, 3, 3; id. Phorm. 4, 3, 59: clamare de pecuniā, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 7, § 17 al.—Of a vehement bawling before a tribunal: qui quid in dicendo posset, numquam satis attendi: in clamando quidem video eum esse bene robustum atque exercitatum, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48.—In comedy, of snoring: dormit Sceledrus intus? Lu. Non naso quidem: Nam eo magnum clamat, Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 10 al.—

b. Transf., of animals and things; of geese: anseres, qui tantummodo clamant, nocere non possunt, Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 57.—Of the chirping of a cricket: (cicada) multo validius clamare occoepit, Phaedr. 3, 16, 7.—Of the roaring of waters, the rustling of trees, etc., Sil. 4, 526; 9, 516; Stat. Th. 10, 94: clamant amnes, freta, nubila silvae, id. ib. 11, 116.— Also of abstract things (cf. under II. B.): et non ulla meo clamat in ore fides? i. e. does my sincerity never plainly proclaim itself in my voice? Prop. 1, 18, 18.—But esp. freq.,

II. Act., to call or cry aloud to something or some one, to proclaim, declare, to invoke, call upon, etc., = exclamare; constr. with acc. of the person or thing, or a clause as object, in direct and (more freq.) in indirect discourse.

(a). With acc.: e somno pueros clamo, Lucil. ap. Diom. p. 372 P.; so, janitorem, Plaut. As. 2, 3, 11: comites, Ov. M. 6, 106: matrem ore, id. ib. 5, 398; cf.: ora clamantia nomen, id. ib. 8, 229; 11, 665: morientem nomine, Verg. A. 4, 674.—With two accs.: se causam crimenque, Verg. A. 12, 600: me deum, Prop. 3 (4), 9, 46. te insanum, Hor. S. 2, 3, 130: aliquem furem, id. Ep. 1, 16, 36; Curt. 4, 16, 15.—With acc. rei: divūm atque hominum fidem, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 20: aquas, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 58. triumphum, Ov. Am. 1, 2, 25: Saturnalia, Liv. 22, 1, 20: pulchre! bene! recte! Hor. A. P. 428.—

(b). With a clause as object, in direct discourse (mostly poet.): ad me omnes clamant: Janua culpa tua est, Cat. 67, 14; so Ov. F. 4, 452; Hor. S. 2, 3, 62; id. Ep. 1, 17, 48; 1, 19, 47; id. A. P. 460; Suet. Caes. 82; Sen. Ep. 27, 1 al.—

(g). With a clause as object, in indirect discourse: clamant omnes indignissime Factum esse, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 11: quid facto esset opus puerperae... illis clamat de viā, id. And. 3, 2, 11; Cic. Mur. 37, 78: solos felices viventes clamat in urbe, Hor. S. 1, 1, 12.—

(d). With final clause: clamare coeperunt, sibi ut haberet hereditatem, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 19, § 47; Dig. 29, 5, 1, § 55: clamans in hostem, ne rex Croesus occideretur, Gell. 5, 9, 2.—

B. Trop., of abstract things, to proclaim, declare: quom mi ipsum nomen ejus Archidemides Clamaret dempturum esse, si quid crederem, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 51; cf.: eum ipsum (sc. Regulum) clamat virtus beatiorem fuisse quam potantem in rosā Thorium, Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 65; 4, 19, 55: quae (tabulae) se corruptas atque interlitas esse clamant, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 104; Cat. 6, 7: quid enim restipulatio clamat? Cic. Rosc. Com. 13, 37; id. Cat. 1, 8, 21; cf. clamito, Il.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European*kelh₁-
Proto-Indo-European*kl̥h₁m-
Latinclāmō

Proto-Italic *klām-der. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin clāmō Seemingly built from a noun *klāmo- or *klāmā (“shouting”) + -ō (denominative verb suffix), the former component derived from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to shout”) and possibly surviving as the first element of the adjective clāmōsus as well.

Elsewhere

Catalanclamar
Italianchiamare
Frenchclamerfrom Old French clamer
Englishclaimfrom Old French clamer
Englishclaymfrom Old French clamer
Occitanclamarfrom Old Occitan clamar
Portuguesechamarfrom Old Galician-Portuguese chamar
Spanishllamarfrom Old Spanish lamar
Sardinianciamare
Sardiniancramai

Balkan Romance

Romanianchema
Romanianchemare
Aromaniancljem
Istro-Romaniancľamå

Old Navarro-Aragonese

Aragoneseclamar

In English words that came into English from clāmō

claimclāmō
clamorclāmor
exclaimexclamo
reclaimreclamo
acclaimacclāmō
proclaimproclamo
exclamationexclāmātiō
claimantclāmō
declaimdēclāmō
proclamationproclāmātiō
acclamationacclāmātiō
clamantclāmāns
declamationdeclamatio
clamourclāmor
reclamationreclamatio
declamatordēclāmātor
conclamationconclamatio