English → Latin
“declamation” in Latin
prōnūntiātiōproclamation, declaration; pronunciation, speech; manner, deliveryāctiōaction; a doing or performing, behavior; public function, civil act; suit, process, actiondēclāmātiōdeclamation (oratorical delivery)vōxvoice; accent; speech, remark, expression, (turn of) phrasevultusa facial expression, look, countenance; the front of the head, face; the face as involved in looking; the view, gaze
The English word declamation itself goes back to Latin clāmō, through declamatio.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
declamation
Style of delivery, pronunciatio (according to the rules of art; Cic., Invent., 1, 7, uses circumlocution; ex rerum et verborum dignitate vocis et corporis moderatio, Auct., ad Her., 1, 2, extr., vocis, vultus, gestus moderatio cum venustate): actio (Cic., De Or., 2, 17, extr.): pronunciandi nitio (general term for delivery, Quint., 10, 1, 17): pronunciatio vocis mutationibus resultans (with reference to affected changes of tone, Quint., 11, 8, 183).
An oration composed for practice on a given subject, declamatio. in ostentationem comparata declamatio (after Quint., 2, 9, 10).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for declamation?
- The usual Latin words for “declamation” are prōnūntiātiō, āctiō, dēclāmātiō; also vōx, vultus. 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.