I.of or belonging to the exercise of speaking, declamatory, rhetorical (good prose): “opus,” Cic. de Or. 1, 16 fin.: “illo genere duci et delectari,” id. Q. Fr. 3, 3 fin.; “ef.: genus dicendi,” Quint. 2, 10, 9: “consuetudo,” id. 5, 13, 46: “licentia,” id. 8, 3, 76: “res,” id. 4, 2, 128: “studium,” Tac. Or. 14.—Hence, adv.: dēclāmātōriē , in a rhetorical manner (late Lat.), Hieron. al.
dēclāmātōrĭus , a, um, adj. declamator,