auctoritas

== Latin == === Etymology === From auctor (“seller, vendor, author; (figuratively) authorship, agency, encouragement”) +‎ -tās. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [au̯kˈtoː.rɪ.taːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [au̯kˈtɔː.ri.tas] === Noun === auctōritās f (genitive auctōritātis); third declension credibility, prestige, reputation, importance influence, weight, personal weight power, ability, authority Synonyms: potestās, dicio, imperium, arbitrium, ductus, regimen, regimentum advice, counsel (when offered by someone with credibility and strong influence) support, backing warrant, authenticity (something that provides assurance or confirmation) sanction, political sanction, warrant power conferred, will, decree, order, rights, command (often refers to the will or decree of the senate) responsibility, opinion, judgment legal title influential person ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === “auctoritas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “auctoritas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "auctoritas", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “auctoritas”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. “auctoritas”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “auctoritas”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin