English → Latin
“declaim” in Latin
dēclāmōto practise speaking, declaim, make speeches; to speak with violence, bluster, bawldēclāmitōto declaim; to bluster
The English word declaim itself goes back to Latin clāmō, through dēclāmō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
declaim
pronunciare (to deliver a speech artistically; e.g., of an actor): *cum putida gravitate dicere (to declaim with an affected solemnity; in an inflated style, etc.): declamare; declamitare (to declaim for practice, as was customary in the ancient schools of rhetoric): to declaim in a striking and graceful manner, graviter et venuste pronunciare.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for declaim?
- The usual Latin words for “declaim” are dēclāmō, dēclāmitō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.