English → Latin
“exclamation” in Latin
exclāmātiōexclamationacclāmātiōacclamationvōxvoice; accent; speech, remark, expression, (turn of) phraseconclāmātiōa loud shout from a group of peoplevōciferātiōcry, scream, yell, clamour
The English word exclamation itself goes back to Latin clāmō, through exclāmātiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
exclamation
exclamatio (as a rhetorical figure = ἐπιφώνημα, Cic., De Or., 3, 54, 207; but also, PROP., acutae vocis exclamationes, Auct. ad Her., 3, 12, 21): acclamatio (as rhetorical figure, Quint., 8, 5, 11): vox (e.g., of pain, qualis dolore exprimitur): conclamatio (of several, not Ciceronian; exclamations, by sing., Caes., totius exercitus; by plur., Tac., lacrimae et conclamationes): vociferatio (loud crying, Cic.). [Vid. CRY, s., SHOUT, s.] Not a single exclamation was heard from them, that, etc, nulla ab iis vox, quae - sit, etc.: to force, wring, etc., an exclamation from anybody, vocem exprimere: to interlard a speech with theatrical exclamations, dulces exclamationes theatri causa producere (Quint. 11, 3, 179).
A note of exclamation, signum exclamationis (grammatical technical term).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for exclamation?
- The usual Latin words for “exclamation” are exclāmātiō, acclāmātiō, vōx; also conclāmātiō, vōciferātiō. 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.