I.to call or cry out, to vociferate.
I. In gen. (class.): “assunt, defendunt, proclamant,” Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 42, § 108: “patre proclamante, se filiam jure caesam judicare,” Liv. 1, 26: “magnā proclamat voce Diores,” Verg. A. 5, 345: quid non proclames, si, etc., Juv. 2, 75.—
II. In partic., in jurid. lang.
(α).
To defend, to clamor in defence: “proclamando pro sordidis hominibus,” Liv. 22, 26, 2 (cf. proclamator).—
(β).
Proclamare ad or in libertatem, to assert one's liberty, to appeal to the judge to maintain one's liberty: “ad libertatem,” Dig. 40, 12, 42; 40, 13, 1; cf.: “ad ingenuitatem,” ib. 40, 14, 4: “in libertatem,” ib. 40, 12, 7; 40, 4, 59.
