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proclāmātĭo, ōnis, f [proclamo].

  1. I. In gen., a calling out, crying out, outcry (post-class.), Quint. Decl. 8, 21: trux, id. ib. 18, 16.
  2. II. In partic., an appeal to a judge to assert one’s liberty, Dig. 40, 12, 25; 14; 34; 23.

* proclāmātor, ōris, m. [procingo, prop. a girding up; hence, transf.], a crier, bawler, vociferator, said of a bad advocate: non enim causidicum nescio quem neque proclamatorem aut rabulam hoc sermone nostro conquirimus, Cic. de Or. 1, 46, 202 Orell. (dub.; B. & K. clamatorem, ex conj. Ellendt).