What is the Latin word for proclaim?

The usual Latin words for “proclaim” are prōmulgō, ēdīcō, prōpōnō; also praedicō, indicō, salūtō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

English → Latin

“proclaim” in Latin

prōmulgōto publish, promulgate ēdīcōto declare, publish, establish, announce; to appoint, decree, ordain something; to make known (of a decree), proclaim; e prōpōnōto set forth, to put forth, to lay out; to expose to view, display; to make known praedicōto proclaim, declare publicly; to announce, make known; to praise, commend, extol indicōto indicate, point out; show, manifest, discover; to declare; to reveal, betray, uncover salūtōto preserve, keep safe; to greet, salute; to pay respects cōnsalūtōto greet, salute cordially; hail dēclārōto declare or announce; to indicate, reveal or testify; to show or prove

The English word proclaim itself goes back to Latin clāmō, through proclamo.

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

proclaim

promulgare (to make publicly known): pronunciare (to proclaim publicly): denunciare (to make a threatening announcement): edicere (to make publicly known by a written or oral proclamation): proponere (to make known by a public notice): praeconium facere (of a herald): praedicare (also of the herald; to proclaim anybody the conqueror; an auction): indicere (a war or festival): salutare: consalutare (to hail as king, dictator, etc.; the latter, of several): declarare (e.g., anybody consul). To proclaim anybody the conqueror, aliquem victorem praedicare or citare (the latter, if he is called up); the names of the conquerors, nomina victorum pronunciare; an auction, auctionem praedicare; auctionem fore conclamare: to have anything proclaimed by the herald or crier, aliquid per praeconem pronunciare; aliquid praeconi, or sub praecone, or praeconis voci subjicere; aliquid per praeconem vendere (to make him proclaim that something is going to be sold): ☞ Pronunciare and renunciare are used, the latter especially, of proclaiming the persons chosen by the comitia as magistrates; renunciare by those who collected the votes of each centuria; pronunciare by the herald: When “proclaim” is = declare, announce, it may be rendered sometimes by dicere, profiteri, prae se ferre.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for proclaim?: The usual Latin words for “proclaim” are prōmulgō, ēdīcō, prōpōnō; also praedicō, indicō, salūtō. 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.