Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 206.auctōritās on page 206
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auctōritās authority
auctōritās is a Latin Noun that primarily means authority.
Definitions for auctōritās
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
authority
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
Right of ownership, title; also, ius ~atis (in same sense). (b) libertus ab ~ibus, an imperial freedman in charge of documents dealing with title.
- 2
Authorization, sanction, approval.
- 3
The consequences of initiating or authorizing a course of action, responsibility.
Sentences with auctōritās
Latin to English
Quem nulla ambitio, nulla unquam largitio, nullus timor, vis nulla, nulla auctoritas movere potuit in iuventa de statu, ecce in senecta ut facile labefecit loco viri excellentis mente clemente edita, summissa placide blandiloquens oratio!Compare Never, when I was younger, could any urging, any promise of reward, any threat, compulsion, or command from above persuade me to stoop below my rank. Now, in my old age, an illustrious man has readily induced me to do so, by soft and flattering words, uttered with kindness.
Nam contra punitis ingeniis gliscit auctoritas, neque aliud externi reges aut qui eadem saevitia usi sunt, nisi dedecus sibi atque illis gloriam peperere.Compare On the contrary, the persecution of genius fosters its inluence; foreign tyrants, and all who imitated their oppression, have merely procured infamy for themselves and glory for their victims.
Ego, quamdiu senatus auctoritas ego defendendus sum, acriter proelior.Compare I fought with spirit, as long as the authority of the senate had to be defended by me.
Imperator res adversus auctoritas minuo.Compare The bad success of commanders lessens their authority.
Sed in iste iuvenis quanquam animus satis, auctoritas parum sum.Compare But although there is enough courage in that youth, there is too little of authority.
Tu senatus auctoritas, salus civitas, totus res publica, provincia praemium vendo.Compare You sold the authority of the senate, the safety of the state, the whole commonwealth, for the bribe of a province.
Declension table for auctōritās
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | auctōritās | auctōritātēs |
| Gen. | auctōritātis | auctōritātum |
| Dat. | auctōritātī | auctōritātibus |
| Acc. | auctōritātem | auctōritātēs |
| Abl. | auctōritāte | auctōritātibus |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 472.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 206.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 125.
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "auctōritās, auctōritātis (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/auctoritas-auctoritatis.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 472.on page 472
