D / dēclāmĭto
verb

dēclāmĭto

2nd PP dēclāmĭtāre · 3rd PP dēclāmĭtāvi · 4th PP dēclāmĭtātum · conj. 1st
to practise rhetorical delivery; declamation, to declaim
v., freq. n. and a. [declamo], to practise rhetorical delivery or declamation, to declaim (good prose; most frequent in Cic.).
In a good sense.
In a good sense.
absol
Absol.: commentabar declamitans (sic enim nunc loquuntur), saepe cum M. Pisone et cum Q. Pompeio aut cum aliquo cotidie, Cic. Brut. 90, 310; so id. de Or. 1, 59, 251; id. Fam. 16, 21, 5; Quint. 12, 11, 15.—*
With acc.: causas, to plead for the sake of practise, Cic. Tusc. 1, 4, 7.—
With acc.: causas, to plead for the sake of practise, Cic. Tusc. 1, 4, 7.—
to talk violently, to bluster
In a bad sense, to talk violently, to bluster: de aliquo, Cic. Phil. 5, 7, 19; cf. id. ib. 2, 17.