17. Authority—Dignity (cf. xiv. 3)

_magna auctoritate esse_—to possess great authority; to be an

influential person.

_auctoritate valere_ or _florere_—to possess great authority; to be an

influential person.

_magna auctoritas est in aliquo_—to possess great authority; to be an

influential person.

_multum auctoritate valere, posse apud aliquem_—to have great

influence with a person; to have considerable weight.

_magna auctoritas alicuius est apud aliquem_—to have great influence

with a person; to have considerable weight.

_alicuius auctoritas multum valet apud aliquem_—to have great

influence with a person; to have considerable weight.

_auctoritatem_ or _dignitatem sibi conciliare, parare_—to gain

dignity; to make oneself a person of consequence.

_ad summam auctoritatem pervenire_—to attain to the highest eminence.

_auctoritatem alicuius amplificare_ (opp. _imminuere, minuere_)—to

increase a person's dignity.

_auctoritati, dignitati alicuius illudere_—to insult a person's dignity.

_dignitas est summa in aliquo_—to be in a dignified position.

_summa dignitate praeditum esse_—to be in a dignified position.

_aliquid alienum (a) dignitate sua_ or merely _a se ducere_—to

consider a thing beneath one's dignity.

_aliquid infra se ducere_ or _infra se positum arbitrari_—to consider

a thing beneath one's dignity.

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