proclamation Copy link Outline I. The act1. praedĭcātio2. prōnuntiātio3. rĕnuntiātio (corresponding to renuntioII. That which is proclaimed • proclamation: I. The act: 1. praedĭcātio: Cic. Agr. 2, 18, 48 (= formal announcement.) 2. prōnuntiātio: id. Clu. 20, 56 (= public declaration of judicial sentence). 3. rĕnuntiātio (corresponding to renuntio: v. to proclaim, II. 2): Cic. Mur. 8, 18. Or expr. by verb: v. to proclaim (II.). II. That which is proclaimed: expr. by ēdīco, 3 (to issue a p. with authority): he dared to issue a p. that ..., ausus est e., ut ..., Cic. in Pis. 8, 18: cf. to proclaim (II. 4). Subs. edictum (of Roman magistrates): v. edict. Also by pronuntio, indīco, etc.: they issue a p. that no one should ..., pronuntiant, ne quis ..., Caes. B. G. 5, 34 (the verb denoting the action of the crier, not of the commanding officer).
PROCLAMATION Copy link • PROCLAMATIONAct of proclaiming, promulgatio: pronunciatio (the proclaiming anything by public authority): praeconium (by a herald): evocatio (a proclamation to call anybody to serve as a soldier in a time of sudden danger): libellus (as a writing). To distribute proclamations, libellos dispergere (after Tac., Dial., 9, 3). [Vid: PROCLAIM]. That which has been proclaimed, edictum.