clamor
εἰ γάρ κεν καὶ σμικρὸν ἐπὶ σμικρῷ καταθεῖο καὶ θαμὰ τοῦτ᾽ ἔρδοις, τάχα κεν μέγα καὶ τὸ γένοιτο → for if you add only a little to a little and do this often, soon that little will become great (Hesiod W&D, 361-362)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
clāmor: (old form clāmŏs, like arbos, labos, etc., Quint. 1, 4, 13), ōris, m. clamo.
I A loud call, a shout, cry; of men and (poet.) of animals (very freq. in all periods and species of composition): facere clamorem, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 33: tollere, id. Curc. 2, 2, 27; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94; id. Q. Fr. 2, 1. 3; Liv. 3, 28, 2; Quint. 5, 10, 46; Verg. A. 3, 672 al.: tollere in caelum, id. ib. 11, 745: ad aethera, id. ib. 2, 338; cf.: clamorem mittere ad sidera, Stat. Th. 12, 521: edere, Cic. Div. 2, 23, 50: profundere, id. Fl. 6, 15: compesce, Hor. C. 2, 20, 23: clamorem audire, Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 37: magno clamore concurritur, Sall. J. 53, 2: clamor virūm, Verg. A. 1, 87: impium Lenite clamorem, Hor. C. 1, 27, 7: ingens clamor, Verg. A. 12, 268: laetus, id. ib. 3, 524: subitus, id. ib. 11, 609: nauticus, id. ib. 3, 128: dare clamorem, id. ib. 3, 566: it clamor caelo, id. ib. 5, 451 al. —
B In partic., a friendly call, acclamation, applause: clamor secundus, Verg. A. 5, 491: dixi de te tanto clamore consensuque populi, Cic. Fam. 12, 7, 1: clamore coronae, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 53; militum gaudentium, Tac. H. 1, 62 fin. al.—In plur., Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 152; id. Brut. 95, 326; id. Att. 1, 14, 4; Plin. Pan. 73, 1; 2, 6; Phaedr. 5, 5, 28; Quint. 12, 6, 4.—
2 A hostile call, clamor, shout: clamoribus maximis judices corripuerunt, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 2, 1; so Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 3; id. Verr. 2, 1, 5, § 12 al.—
II Poet., of animals, a cry: gruum, Lucr. 4, 182; 4, 911: mergorum, Verg. G. 1, 362: apum, id. ib. 4, 76 al.—Of things, noise, sound, din: nubis, Lucr. 6, 147: ter scopuli clamorem inter cava saxa dedere, Verg. A. 3, 566: montium silvaeque, Hor. C. 3, 29, 39.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
clāmŏr,⁷ ōris, m. (clamo), [en gén.] cri de l’homme ou des animaux ; clamoren facere Pl. Bacch. 874, jeter des cris, faire du bruit ; clamorem profundere Cic. Fl. 15, pousser un cri ; mergi clamorem ferunt Virg. G. 1, 362, les plongeons poussent des cris || [en part.] a) cri de guerre : Liv. 4, 37, 9 ; b) acclamation : Hortensius clamores efficiebat adulescens Cic. Br. 327, Hortensius dans sa jeunesse soulevait les acclamations ; c) cri hostile, huée : Cic. Q. 2, 1, 3 || [fig.] bruit : ter scopuli clamorem dedere Virg. En. 3, 566, trois fois les rochers retentirent.
