con-clāmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a., to cry or call out together.
I (Con subject.) To call or cry out together or in a body (hence often joined with omnes, universi, pariter, omnes pariter, Liv. 34, 61, 8; Curt. 5, 13, 5; 8, 11, 22; 10, 17, 3), to shout , esp. in approbation or assent (class. in prose and poetry).
A In gen., with acc. and inf.: cum vos universi, unā mente atque voce, iterum a me conservatam esse rem publicam conclamastis, Cic. Phil. 6, 1, 2; Caes. B. G. 3, 18; id. B. C. 1, 7; Tac. A. 1, 8; ducendum ad sedes simulacrum ... conclamant, Verg. A. 2, 233 al.—With acc.: quod Mithridates se velle dixit, id sutores et zonarii conclamarunt, Cic. Fl. 7, 17: victoriam suo more, Caes. B. G. 5, 37: laetum paeana, Verg. A. 10, 738 al.—With ut : tum suo more conclamaverunt, uti, etc., Caes. B. G. 5, 26 fin. —So with simple subj.: conclamantibus omnibus, imperaret quod vellet, Caes. B. C. 3, 6; cf.: igitur, conclamant, duceret quo videretur, Curt. 4, 1, 29.— Absol. : conclamat vir paterque, Liv. 1, 58, 12: ad quorum casum, cum conclamasset gaudio exercitus, id. 1, 25, 6; Tac. A. 3, 74.—Poet.: planctu conclamat uterque Isthmos, Stat. Th. 6, 13.—
B In partic.
1 Conclamare ad arma, milit. t. t., to call to arms, to give the signal for an attack , Liv. 3, 50, 11; 7, 12, 3; 10, 32, 9; 41, 26, 2 al.—
2 Conclamare vasa, to give the signal, before breaking up, for packing , i. e. to give the order for decamping (ellipt. for conclamare, ut vasa colligantur), Caes. B. C. 1, 66. In the same sense without vasa, id. ib. 1, 67, and id. ib. 3, 75.—
II To call together, to call to one's help (very rare): socios, Ov. M. 13, 73: duros agrestes, Verg. A. 7, 504. —
III (Con intens.) Of a single person, to call or cry out loudly or violently, to shout, exclaim (class.).
A In gen.: ubi abit, conclamo: Heus quid agis tu, etc.? Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 22; id. Men. 5, 9, 94: Italiam primus conclamat Achates, Verg. A. 3, 523: hei mihi! conclamat, Ov. M. 6, 227; 7, 843: capta castra conclamavit, Tac. H. 3, 29 fin. : Ariovistus conclamavit, quid ad se venirent, etc., Caes. B. G. 1, 47 fin. : deos omnes, to call upon, invoke , Sen. Oedip. 974: saxa querelis, to fill with cries , Mart. 9, 46, 5.— Absol. : conclamat virgo, cries out , Ov. M. 4, 691; 10, 385; Quint. 2, 2, 12 al.—
B Esp., with aliquem (mortuum), t. t. in the lang. of religion; of the dead, to call repeatedly by name, and lament him seven (acc. to others, eight) days, until his burial (cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 218; Schol. Luc. 2, 23; Dict. Antiq. p. 459, a.): ut ex maestis paulo ante domibus, quae conclamaverant suos, procurreretur in vias, Liv. 4, 40, 3: cum corpora nondum conclamata jacent, Luc. 2, 23: post conclamata imperatoris suprema, i. e. after this cry , Amm. 30, 10, 1: partem conclamare tori, Stat. S. 2, 6, 5.—
b In gen., to bewail, complain; cf.: videris immensis conclamata querelis Saxa, Mart. 9, 45, 5.—
c Prov.: jam conclamatum est, it is all over, all is lost , Ter. Eun. 348 Don.—Hence,
A conclāmans , ntis, P. a. (post-class.), noisy : conclamantissimus fons, Sid. Ep. 2, 2.—
B conclāmā-tus , a, um, P. a. (post-class.).
A Published abroad by crying out , i. e. known, celebrated : conclamatissimus primipilaris, Sid. Ep. 6, 1: conclamatissimae declamationes, id. ib. 8, 3.—
B (Acc. to III. B.) Lamentable, unfortunate : res, Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 233: frigus, Macr. S. 7, 5, 26.