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• declare:

A. Trans.

I. To make known:

1. declāro, 1 (by words or deeds): the gods often d. their presence, praesentiam saepe suam divi d., Cic.: v. to manifest.
2. pătĕfăcio, 3: v. reveal, unfold.
3. ăpĕrio, ŭi, rtum, 4: to d. one's opinion, sententiam suam ap., Cic.: v. disclose.
4. ēdīco, xi, ctum, 3 (to say out plainly): being ordered by the consul to d. what he knew, a consule jussus quae sciret e., Sall.
5. ēdo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (= edico): d. your name and country, ede tuum nomen et patriam, Ov.
6. prŏfĭteor, fessus, 2 (esp. of giving regular notice or information): to d. the number of acres (owned), jugera pr., Cic.: to d. what share of spoil any one possesses, quantum quis habeat praedae pr., Cic.

II. To proclaim:

1. dēnuntio, 1: whom the senate had sent to d. war, quos senatus ad denuntiandum bellum miserant, Cic.
2. indīco, xi, ctum, 3: he d.d war against the Roman people in his own name, bellum populo Romano suo nomine indixit, Cic.
3. dēclāro, 1 (less freq. in this sense): M. Tullius and C. Antonius are d.d consuls, consules declarantur M. Tullius et C. Antonius, Sall. Cat. 24: Cic.: he d.s Cloanthus victor by the herald's voice, victorem praeconis voce Cloanthum declarat, Virg.
4. rĕnuntio, 1 (of the formal announcement of elections, auspices; the technical word): he is d.d consul, consul renuntiatur, Cic.: Varr.: Liv.
5. prōnuntio, 1 (openly; by word of mouth): the judices d. their verdict, judices sententiam pr., Cic.: v. to proclaim.
6. appello, 1 (to name, designate): he d.s Achates victor, victorem appellat Achaten, Virg.: (aliquem) regem appellare may refer either to the first designation of a king, or to his being afterwards called by that title: cf. Caes. B. G. 7, 4. (To d. king may be approximately expr. by regem facere, creare: v. to appoint: or if the ceremony of a proclamation be intended, perh. indicere or nuntiare: v. to announce.)
7. jūdĭco, 1 (with ref. to a formal decision by a judicial authority): to d. any one a public enemy, aliquem hostem j., Cic.: Nep.
8. praedĭco, 1 (announce as a crier): v. to proclaim. See also to profess, publish.

B. Intrans.:

I. To affirm, avow:

1. prŏfĭteor, fessus, 2 (to d. freely, openly): they d. they will shrink from no peril, profitentur se nullum periculum recusare, Caes.: Cic.: v. to profess, avow.
2. affirmo, confirmo, 1 (to assert strongly): v. to affirm, maintain.

II. Fig.: to d. for, i. e. to show oneself favourable to: Phr.: fortune d.d for the right of nations, pro jure gentium stetit fortuna, Ov.: to d. for any one, in causam alicujus descendere, Liv.; partes alicujus sequi, Vell.: the people d.d for him, in hunc favor populi se inclinabat, Liv.: when some d.d for Sulla, others for Cinna, cum alii Sullanis, alii Cinnanis partibus faverent, Cic.: victory d.d for the patres, victoria penes patres fuit, Liv.: they waited to see on which side victory would d. herself, *exspectabant donec palam foret utrius partis esset victoria; ab utra parte fortuna rem daret, cf. Liv. 1, 27.

• DECLARE

To make known, declarare (to make the existence of anything perceived, whether a sensible object or a feeling; also with accusative and infinitive or dependent interrogatory clause): exponere, or expromere; e.g., one’s opinion, quid sentiam: sententiam suam aperire, dicere; clearly about anything, accuratius exponere de re; fully, pluribus verbis disserere de re.
To proclaim, prodere (of the response of an oracle): indicere (e.g., bellum): denunciare (in a threatening manner; e.g., bellum) [☞ declarare bellum is barbarous] : pronunciare (by word of mouth. Curio pronunciare - jubet - se in hostium habiturum loco, qui, etc., Caes., B.C., 2, 25): to declare anybody anything, declarare, appellate, with a double accusative following (e.g., aliquem regem): to declare or pronounce anybody anything, judicare (e.g., aliquem hostem, proditorem patriae); anybody consul, aliquem dicere, or declarare, or renunciare consulem; emperor, aliquem imperatorem salutare (post-Augustan); anybody king, aliquem regem appellare (Caes.); declarare (Liv.); anybody one’s heir, beredem aliquem scribere or instituere; an outlaw, proscribere aliquem: to declare himself a candidate, ostendere se candidatum (Suet.): to declare null and void, infirmare; irritum facere; abolere (especially a law): to declare one’s self conquered, victum se profiteri; manus dare: to declare one’s opinion in favor of anything, aliquid accipere, probare: against anything, rem recusare, or detrectare; rem improbare: to declare on oath, *juratum aliquid affirmare: to declare in writing, litteris or per litteras significare: the victory declares itself by the omens, victoria se ostendit ominibus.

INTRANS.,
Assert, affirm, affirmare: confirmare: contendere: dicere: asseverare: profiteri [SYN. in ASSERT, AFFIRM]. To declare for anybody, alicujus partes sequi; in alicujus partes transire (to join anybody’s party): to declare against anybody, inimicum se alicui ostendere: to declare off, renunciare aliquid (e.g., conductionem, etc., also aliquid alicui; e.g., societatem alicui, Liv., 38, 31): victory declares for, etc., victoria penes aliquem est (e.g., penes patres, Liv.): victoria ad aliquem venit (e.g., ad meliores, Cic.): victoria alicujus est; or aliquis victoriam obtinet; victoria potitur.

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