clamo

clamo

See also: clamò and clamó

Catalan

Verb

clamo

1. first-person singular present indicative form of clamar

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Italian

Verb

clamo

1. first-person singular present indicative of clamare

Anagrams

• Malco, calmo, calmò, colma

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *klāmāō, from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to shout”), which is imitative. See also Latin calō, clārus, classis, concilium.

Cognate with Ancient Greek καλέω (kaléō), κληδών (klēdṓn, “report, fame”), κλήση (klḗsē, “to call”), κέλαδος (kélados, “noise”), Lithuanian kalba (“language”), Old English hlowan (“to low, make a noise like a cow”), Old High German halan (“to call”), Middle Irish cailech (“cock”), Sanskrit उषःकल (uṣaḥkala, “cock, literally dawn-calling”), Polish kłamać (“lie”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈklaː.moː/, [ˈkɫ̪äːmoː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkla.mo/, [ˈkläːmo]

• Audio (Classical)

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Verb

clāmō (present infinitive clāmāre, perfect active clāmāvī, supine clāmātum); first conjugation

1. I cry out, clamor, shout, yell, exclaim

   Synonyms: conclāmō, vōcificō, vōciferor, clāmitō, tonō, succlāmō, acclāmō, exclāmō, inclāmō

2. (Medieval Latin) I call, I call to
3. (Medieval Latin) I address as, call by name

Conjugation

Conjugation of clāmō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	clāmō	clāmās	clāmat	clāmāmus	clāmātis	clāmant
	imperfect	clāmābam	clāmābās	clāmābat	clāmābāmus	clāmābātis	clāmābant
	future	clāmābō	clāmābis	clāmābit	clāmābimus	clāmābitis	clāmābunt
	perfect	clāmāvī	clāmāvistī	clāmāvit	clāmāvimus	clāmāvistis	clāmāvērunt, clāmāvēre
	pluperfect	clāmāveram	clāmāverās	clāmāverat	clāmāverāmus	clāmāverātis	clāmāverant
	future perfect	clāmāverō	clāmāveris	clāmāverit	clāmāverimus	clāmāveritis	clāmāverint
passive	present	clāmor	clāmāris, clāmāre	clāmātur	clāmāmur	clāmāminī	clāmantur
	imperfect	clāmābar	clāmābāris, clāmābāre	clāmābātur	clāmābāmur	clāmābāminī	clāmābantur
	future	clāmābor	clāmāberis, clāmābere	clāmābitur	clāmābimur	clāmābiminī	clāmābuntur
	perfect	clāmātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	clāmātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	clāmātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	clāmem	clāmēs	clāmet	clāmēmus	clāmētis	clāment
	imperfect	clāmārem	clāmārēs	clāmāret	clāmārēmus	clāmārētis	clāmārent
	perfect	clāmāverim	clāmāverīs	clāmāverit	clāmāverīmus	clāmāverītis	clāmāverint
	pluperfect	clāmāvissem	clāmāvissēs	clāmāvisset	clāmāvissēmus	clāmāvissētis	clāmāvissent
passive	present	clāmer	clāmēris, clāmēre	clāmētur	clāmēmur	clāmēminī	clāmentur
	imperfect	clāmārer	clāmārēris, clāmārēre	clāmārētur	clāmārēmur	clāmārēminī	clāmārentur
	perfect	clāmātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	clāmātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	clāmā	—	—	clāmāte	—
	future	—	clāmātō	clāmātō	—	clāmātōte	clāmantō
passive	present	—	clāmāre	—	—	clāmāminī	—
	future	—	clāmātor	clāmātor	—	—	clāmantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		clāmāre	clāmāvisse	clāmātūrum esse	clāmārī	clāmātum esse	clāmātum īrī
participles		clāmāns	—	clāmātūrus	—	clāmātus	clāmandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		clāmandī	clāmandō	clāmandum	clāmandō	clāmātum	clāmātū

Derived terms

• acclāmō
• circumclāmō
• clāmātor
• clāmitō
• clāmor
• clāmōsus
• conclāmō
• dēclāmō
• exclāmō
• inclāmō
• interclāmō
• lāmentum
• praeclāmō
• proclāmō
• reclāmō
• succlāmō

 

Descendants

• Aromanian: cljem, acljem, cljemu
• Corsican: chjamà
• Dalmatian: clamur
• Franco-Provençal: clamar
• Friulian: clamâ
• Istriot: ciamà
• Istro-Romanian: cľamå
• Italian: chiamare
  • Sabir: kiamar
• Ligurian: ciamar
• Navarro-Aragonese:
  • Aragonese: clamar
• Neapolitan: chiammà
• Old French: clamer
  • French: clamer
  • → Middle English: claimen
    • English: claim, claym
      • → Afrikaans: kleim
      • → Dutch: claimen
    • Scots: claim
• Old Leonese:
  • Asturian: llamar
  • Leonese: chamare
• Old Occitan: clamar
  • Catalan: clamar
  • Occitan: clamar
• Old Portuguese: chamar
  • Galician: chamar
  • Portuguese: chamar
• Old Spanish: lamar
  • Spanish: llamar
• Piedmontese: ciamé
• Romanian: chema, chemare
• Romansch: clamar, clamer, clomar
• Sardinian: ciamare, cramai, cramare
• Sicilian: chiamari
• Tarantino: gramare
• Venetian: ciamar
• →? Albanian: gjëmoj, glëmoj[1]
• → Italian: clamare
• → Portuguese: clamar
• → Romanian: clama
• → Spanish: clamar

References

• “clamo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “clamo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• clamare in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• clamo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to shout at the top of one's voice: magna voce clamare
    

1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “gjëmoj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 134

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈklɐ̃.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈklɐ̃.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈklɐ.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈklɐ.mu/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐmu, (Brazil) -ɐ̃mu
• Hyphenation: cla‧mo

Verb

clamo

1. first-person singular present indicative of clamar

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Spanish

Verb

clamo

1. first-person singular present indicative of clamar