20. Fame—Reputation

_gloriam, famam sibi comparare_—to gain distinction.

_gloriam (immortalem) consequi, adipisci_—to win (undying) fame.

_gloriae, laudi esse_—to confer distinction on a person; to redound to

his credit.

_laudem afferre_—to confer distinction on a person; to redound to his

credit.

_gloria, laude florere_—to be very famous, illustrious.

_summa gloria florere_—to have reached the highest pinnacle of eminence.

_clarum fieri, nobilitari, illustrari_ (not the post-classical

_clarescere_ or _inclarescere_—to become famous, distinguish oneself.

_gloriam colligere, in summam gloriam venire_—to become famous,

distinguish oneself.

_aliquem immortali gloria afficere_—to confer undying fame on,

immortalise some one.

_aliquem sempiternae gloriae commendare_—to confer undying fame on,

immortalise some one.

_immortalitatem consequi, adipisci, sibi parere_—to attain eternal

renown.

_gloria duci_—to be guided by ambition.

_laudis studio trahi_—to be guided by ambition.

_laudem, gloriam quaerere_—to be guided by ambition.

_stimulis gloriae concitari_—to be spurred on by ambition.

_gloriae, laudis cupiditate incensum esse, flagrare_—to be consumed by

the fires of ambition.

_de gloria, fama alicuius detrahere_—to detract from a person's

reputation, wilfully underestimate a person.

_alicuius gloriae_ or simply _alicui obtrectare_—to detract from a

person's reputation, wilfully underestimate a person.

_alicuius famam, laudem imminuere_—to detract from a person's

reputation, wilfully underestimate a person.

_obscurare alicuius gloriam, laudem, famam_[1] (not _obscurare

aliquem_)—to render obscure, eclipse a person.

_famae servire, consulere_—to have regard for one's good name.

_famam ante collectam tueri, conservare_—to live up to one's reputation.

_bene, male audire (ab aliquo)_—to have a good or bad reputation, be

spoken well, ill of.

_bona, mala existimatio est de aliquo_—to have a good or bad

reputation, be spoken well, ill of.

_famam crudelitatis subire_ (Catil. 4. 6. 12)—to gain the reputation

of cruelty.

_infamiam alicui inferre, aspergere_—to damage a person's character,

bring him into bad odour.

_infamem facere aliquem_—to damage a person's character, bring him

into bad odour.

_magnam sui famam relinquere_—to leave a great reputation behind one.

_opinionem virtutis habere_—to have the reputation of virtue.

_existimatio_[2] _hominum, omnium_—the common opinion, the general idea.

[1] In the same way, to improve a man, _alicuius mores corrigere_ (not

_aliquem c._); to understand some one, _alicuius orationem_ or _quid

dicat intellegere_.

[2] _existimatio_ has two uses: (1) active—opinion held by others,

criticism; (2) passive—reputation, character, usually in a good sense,

consequently = good reputation without the addition of _bona,

integra_, etc.

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