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• cry (subs.):

I. A loud or vehement exclamation:

1. clāmor: to utter a c., c. edere, Cic.; also c. tollere (to raise a c.), c. profundere (to pour forth a c.), Cic.: with loud c.s, magno clamore, Phaedr.; magnis clamoribus, Suet.: v. exclamation, acclamation.
2. vox, vōcis, f.: the c.s of huntsmen, venantum voces, Phaedr.: he pours forth such c.s to heaven, tales effundit ad aethera v., Virg.: v. voice, shout.
3. acclāmātio (in Cic. usu. of c.s of disapprobation: more fully, adversa populi ac., de Or. 2, 83, 339): v. outcry.
4. conclāmātio (of a number of persons together: not in Cic.): with tears and c.s (of soldiers), lacrimis et c., Tac.: Suet.
5. vōcĭfĕrātio (a loud c., whether of one or more: only in sing.): Cic.: the c. of a woman, muliebris v., Auct. ad Her.: with tears and c.s, lacrimis et vociferatione, Petr.
6. convīcium: v. outcry. Phr.: to raise a c. (of a number), conclāmo: v. to cry (II.); and supr. (1): to raise the c. "to arms!" (homines) ad arma concitare, Hor.

II. Of a crier or vendor: prōnuntiātio, praecōnium: v. proclamation.
III. Of infants:

1. vāgītus, ūs (the natural c. of infancy): Plin.
2. plōrātus, ūs (implying distress): to stop the c. of an infant, p. infantis cohibere, Plin. Join: vagitus et ploratus, Plin. 7, pref.
3. quĭrītātus, ūs: Plin. Ep.

IV. Of distress:

1. plōrātus: the c.s of women, mulierum ploratus (pl.), Liv.: Cic. (poet.).
2. clāmor (applicable to any loud c.): v. supr. (I. 1).
3. vōcĭfĕrātio (a loud c.): v. supr. (I. 5).
4. ējŭlātus, ūs (a melancholy c., a wail): v. lamentation.
5. quĭrītātio (a plaintive c.): Liv.: also, quĭrītātus, ūs: Plin. Ep.: Val. Max.

• CRY

v. Shout out, clamare (general term, to raise one’s voice, also to cry out; e.g., for sale, etc.): conclamare (of several persons, but its meaning the same as that of clamare): proclamare (to cry aloud; but in prose generally used in speaking of the “praeco” or crier): vociferari (to cry violently, passionately, on account of pain, dissatisfaction, anger, and the like): exclamare (to scream): clamorem edere or tollere (to raise a cry): plorare (to bewail, to weep): quiritare (to cry pitiably): vocem intendere (to raise one’s voice, opposed to vocem remittere): to cry out (in a murmuring, threatening manner), fremere (with accusative, or accusative and infinitive; e.g., Arrius ereptum sibi consulatum fremit): clamare de aliqua re (to utter cries about anything). to cry out for anybody, clamare or inclamare aliquem: to cry out after a person, clamore aliquem insequi; clamoribus aliquem consectari: to cry out to anybody for help, vocare aliquem in auxilium: to cry with all one’s might, maxima voce clamare; altum clamorem tollere; or clamitare only: clamando aures alicujus fatigare (after Liv., 9, 20) or obtundere (after Ter., Heaut., 2, 3, 89): tn cry or shout anything into anybody’s ear, aures alicujus personam (Hor., Ep., 1, 1, 7). [Vid: To SHOUT.] To cry out “fire!’ ignem conclamare (Sen., De Ir., 3, 43, 3): they cried out,” robbers!” conclamant latrones.
To complain loudly, gemitus edere: suspirare (to sigh loudly); also ab immo pectore suspirare or suspiria ducere (Ov., Met., 2, 156). [Vid: To SIGH.]
To cry from pain, grief, etc.: plorare (to weep aloud with passionate expression of grief, especially of children; ☞ Sen., Ep., 63, 1: lacrimandum est, non plorandum): lacrimare (to shed tears, whether from joy or sorrow): flere (to weep: between the passionless lacrimare and plorare): ejulare (to wail with cries and sobs): vagire (of young children): lamentari (of a long-continued wailing). To make anybody cry, lacrimas or fletum alicui movere; lacrimas alicui elicere or excutere; aliquem ad fletum adducere; aliquem plorantem facere: he cries for joy like a child, homini cadunt lacrimae, quasi puero, gaudio (Ter., Ad., 4, 1, 20): I cannot help crying, nequeo, quin lacrimem; lacrimas tenere non possum: do not cry! ne lacrima; ne plora: to cry about anything, lacrimare aliquid, or casum alicujus; flere de aliqua re (aliquid is poetical only): to cry one’s eyes out, efflere oculos; lacrimis confici. [Vid: also, To WEEP.]
To proclaim publicly: pronunciare: renunciare (to make known, by crying out, the latter especially at the election of magistrates. Vid: Bremi, Suet., Caes., 41; Schutz, Lex. Cic., sub under the words): praedicare (if by a herald; e.g., a victory, an auction): indicere (to proclaim a solemnity): declarare (to declare publicly): clamitare (to cry out in the streets for sale; e.g., figs, cauneas): to have anything cried, aliquid per praeconem pronunciare, aliquid praeconi, or sub praecone, or praeconis voci subjicere: aliquid per praeconem vendere (e.g., with regard to anything offered for sale). [Vid. PROMULGATE, PROCLAIM.]
To CRY DOWN (to depreciate); de aliquo detrahendi causa dicere: detrahere de aliquo: obtrectare alicui: vituperando affligere aliquid: (verbis) elevare aliquem or aliquid (e.g., alicujus facta or res gestas; alicujus auctoritatem): detrectare aliquid (e.g., anybody’s advantages, alicujus virtutes): alicui infamiam movere; aliquem infamare; aliquem diffamare or aliquem variis rumoribus differre (stronger terms). [SYN. in DECRY.]
To CRY UNTO [Vid: To INVOKE].
To CRY UP: aliquem pleniore ore or utroque pollice laudare; plena manu alicujus laudes in astra tollere: aliquem honorificentissime laudare; dilaudare (to praise beyond measure) [Vid: also, To PRAISE].
To CRY OUT AGAINST, fremere adversus aliquid. For CRY OUT, Vid: beginning of article.

s. Clamor: clamor (e.g., to raise a cry, clamorem edere or tollere): exclamatio: acclamatio (exclamation; acclamatio, also the rhetorical figure, ἐπιφώνημα Quint., 8, 5, 11): pronunciatio: promulgatio (proclamation): praeconium (if by a herald or crier; e.g., proclamation respecting a public sale): vox (the sound of the voice; e.g., vox lugubris, a plaintive cry; also ejulatio: ejulatus): quiritatus (a whimpering cry). To utter a cry of pain or anguish, quiritationem facere or ejulare (if uttered with a plaintive voice): cry of children, vagitus: a cry of joy, clamor et gaudium (Tac. Hist., 2, 70, 3); clamor laetus (Verg., Aen., 3, 524): to receive anybody with a cry of joy, *clamore et gaudio or clamore laeto aliquem excipere: the cry of hounds, latratus canum.
A battle-cry, clamor proelium inchoantium (after Liv., 38, 17); shouting their battle-cry, clamore sublato: to raise the battle-cry, clamorem tollere [☞ not classicum canere; i. e., to give the signal of attack by sound of trumpet]: ☞ baritus (barritus or barditus is spurious) means the battle-cry of the Germani, which Tac., Germ., 3, 2, mistakes for the usual warlike hymn that was sung before the commencement of battle. Vid: Commentators on those passages.

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