dē-clāro — Lewis & Short
dē-clāro, āvi, ātum, 1,
I v. a., to make clear, plain, evident (by disclosing, uncovering), to show, manifest, declare, etc., a)pofai/nw (class.; most freq. in the trop. sense). For syn. cf.: monstro, demonstro, probo, confirmo, ostendo, ostento, significo, indico, defero; exsisto, appareo, eluceo. —
I Lit.
A In gen.:
praesentiam saepe divisuam declarant, ut et apud Regillum.... Castor et Pollux ex equis pugnare visi sunt, Cic. N: D. 2, 2, 6: dentibus (cervorum) senecta declaratur,Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 116:
ducis nave declarata suis,Nep. Hann. 11, 2.—
B In pub. law lang., t. t., to announce any one in public session as elected to an office (esp. that of consul), to declare or proclaim publicly:
ejusdem hominis voce et declaratus consul et defensus,Cic. Mur. 1, 2 (for which shortly before, L. Murenam consulem renunciavi); cf. id. ib. 2, 3;
so consulem,id. Agr. 2, 2, 4; id. Rep. 1, 15; Sall. C. 24; id. J. 27, 4; Liv. 24, 9 et saep.:
declaratus rex Numa de templo descendit,id. 1, 18 fin.; 1, 46:
consulem, praetorem,id. 9, 40 fin.:
tribunatum militarem,Sall. J, 63, 4: Suet. Caes. 80:
victorem magnā praeconis voce Cloanthum Declarat,Verg. A. 5, 245. —
II Trop., to make clear to the mind, to manifest, demonstrate, prove, show, explain:
cum tot signis eadem natura declaret quid velit, tamen, etc.,Cic. Lael. 24.—Constr. with acc., acc. and inf., a relat. clause, or absol.
(a) With acc.:
volatibus avium et cantibus declarari res futuras putant,Cic. Div. 1, 1, 2; cf. id. ib. 1, 56; id. N. D. 2, 65, 163:
ipsa consolatio litterarum tuarum declarat summam benevolentiam,id. Fam. 5, 13, 1:
declarant gaudia vultu, * Catull. 64, 34 et saep.: propriam cujusque (generis juris civilis) vim definitione,Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 190: nullum (verbum) inveniri potest, quod magis idem declaret Latine, quod Graece h(donh/, quam declarat voluptas, id. Fin. 2, 4, 13; cf.
in like manner of the meaning of words,id. ib. 3, 4, 14; id. Or. 22, 73; id. de Or. 3, 13, 49:
verba ipsa per se declarant intellectum,Quint. 8, 3, 83:
quae (litera C.) inversa mulierem declarat,Quint. 1, 7, 28.—
(b) With acc. and inf.:
hominem catum eum esse declaramus,Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 16; Lucr. 1, 366; 6, 468:
quod plurimis locis perorationes nostrae voluisse nos atque animo contendisse declarant,Cic. Or. 62, 210; Quint. 8 prooem. § 15 et saep.—
(g) With a relative clause:
quae cujusque ingenium ut sit declarat maxume,Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 43:
ut matres familiae eorum sortibus et vaticinationibus declararent, utrum, etc.,Caes. B. G. 1, 50, 4:
qui declaravit quanti me faceret,Cic. Att. 6, 1, 10: cf. Sall. J. 24, 7 et saep.—
(d) Absol.:
ut ratio declarat eorum, qui, etc.,Lucr. 5, 693:
declarant illae contiones,Cic. Mil. 5, 12 al.