English → Latin
“exclaim” in Latin
exclāmōto exclaim or shout, cry or call outclāmōto cry out, clamor, shout, yell, exclaim; to call, to call to; to address as, call by nameconclāmōto shout or cry out; to signal (to attack); to summonclāmitōto yell, cry aloud, bawl, vociferate; to clamourexcellōto elevate, raise up; to rise, elevate oneself; to exult, be elatedpulcherbeautiful, fair, pretty; noble, honorable, excellentbonusgood, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant; right; usefulrēctusled straight along, drawn in a straight line, straight, upright.; right, correct, proper, appropriate, befitting.; moral
The English word exclaim itself goes back to Latin clāmō, through exclamo.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
exclaim
exclamare: clamare: conclamare (of several): clamitare (with continued exclamations; in alarm, etc.; twice, Cic.,: very common after the Augustan Age.). [Vid: CRY OUT.] I feel inclined to exclaim as etc., mihi libet exclamare, ut, etc.: they exclaim, bravo! excellent! clamant, pulchre, bene, recte! (Hor.): they exclaim as loud as they can, exclamant quam maxime possunt: to exclaim against anything, fremere adversus aliquid (of a multitude). ☞ After exclamare, the exclamation is either (1) a sentence in direct discourse; or (2) accusative and infinitive; or (3) a sentence with ut: it then contains an exhortation, direction, etc. [ (1) exclamat: Alcumena adest auxilium; ne time: (2) exclamare eum sibi esse sodalem: (3) exclamavit, ut bono essent animo (Cic.); ut equites ex equis desilirent (Liv.)].
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for exclaim?
- The usual Latin words for “exclaim” are exclāmō, clāmō, conclāmō; also clāmitō, excellō, pulcher. 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.