clamito Latin · revision 31389

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *klh₁-m(o)-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈkɫaː.mɪ.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈklaː.mi.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''clāmitō''' (present infinitive clāmitāre, perfect active clāmitāvī, supine clāmitātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Varro has a present participle plural ''clāmitantis''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the frequentative of [[m|la|clāmō|t=to shout]], formed with [[m|la|-itō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL) De Vaan takes ⟨clāmō⟩ as a verb made from a lost noun for “shout”, from [[itc-pro|*klām-o/ā-]] and [[ine-pro|*klh₁-m(o)-]], the root of [[m|la|calō|t=to call out]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has “not what boys shout that they found in a bean” in the ''Aulularia'';^(OLD 2012) the TLL finds it from Plautus on.^(TLL)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to shout repeatedly or clamour, as Terence's “why are you shouting?”, with direct speech, with a clause, and with an object, as Cicero's “Naevius always shouts this”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is to call someone loudly by name, as Petronius' Encolpius, and to invoke the gods over and over, as in Apuleius.^(OLD 2012) Of things it is to proclaim plainly, as Cicero's shaven head and eyebrows that seem to cry out cunning.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Lewis and Short find it mostly from the Augustan period on.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin glosses it “shout loudly”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of boys shouting.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence of shouting.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a face that proclaims cunning.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * before 66 AD – Petronius of calling a name.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|shout|alt=shout]] repeatedly, [[m|en|clamour]], bawl.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To call (a name) loudly; to invoke repeatedly.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(of things)'' To proclaim plainly.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[clāmitātiō]]

+ * [[conclāmitō]]

+ * [[dēclāmitō]]

+ * [[inclāmitō]]

+ * [[occlāmitō]]

+ * [[reclāmitō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[clāmō]]

+ * [[clāmor]]

+ * [[calō]]

+ * [[vōciferor]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}