auctoritas

auctōritās ātis, f

auctor, origination, production : eius (facti).— Power, authority, supremacy : in re p.: populiR.: legum dandarum: legatos cum auctoritate mittere, plenipotentiaries.—A deliberate judgment, conviction, opinion, decision, resolve, will : in orationibus auctoritates consignatas habere: omissis auctoritatibus, opinions aside : antiquorum: senatūs: senatūs vetus de Bacchanalibus, decree : respondit ex auctoritate senatūs consul, L.: legati ex auctoritate haec renuntiant (sc. senatūs), Cs.: ad ea patranda senatūs auctoritate adnitebatur, by decrees , S.: populiR.: censoria: collegii (pontificum), L.— Warrant, assurance, trustworthiness : in testimonio: somniorum: cum ad vanitatem accessit auctoritas.— Responsibility, accountability : quam ego defugiam auctoritatem consulatūs mei.— A voucher, security : cum publicis auctoritatibus convenire, credentials : auctoritates praescriptae, attesting signatures : auctoritates principum conligere, responsible names .— In law, a prescriptive title (to property), right by possession : usus et auctoritas fundi: adversus hostem aeterna: iure auctoritatis.— An example, model, precedent : omnium superiorum: alicuius auctoritatem sequi: totius Italiae auctoritatem sequi, Cs.— Counsel, advice, persuasion : omnium qui consulebantur: ut vostra auctoritas Meae auctoritati adiutrix sit, T.: quorum auctoritas apud plebem plurimum valeat, Cs.: quorum auctoritas pollebat, S.: auctoritate suā alqm commovere.—Of persons, influence, weight, dignity, reputation, authority : tanta in Mario fuit, ut, etc.: auctoritatem habere apud alqm: alcui auctoritatem addere, L.: facere, to create : in re militari, prestige , Cs.: a tantā auctoritate approbata, by a person so influential .—Of things, importance, significance, force, weight, power, worth, consequence : nullius (legis) apud te: in hominum fidelitate: huius auctoritatem loci attingere, dignity .