Carl Meissner - Latin Phrase-Book

uti aliquo familiariter – to be on very intimate terms with…

artissimo amicitiae vinculo or summa familiaritate cum aliquo coniunctum esse – to be bound by the closest ties of friendship.

vetustate amicitiae coniunctum esse – to be very old friends.

amicitiam alicuius appetere – to court a person's friendship.

in amicitiam alicuius recipi – to gain some one's friendship; to become intimate with.

ad alicuius amicitiam se conferre, se applicare – to gain some one's friendship; to become intimate with.

aliquem (tertium) ad (in) amicitiam ascribere – to admit another into the circle of one's intimates.

amicitiam renuntiare – to renounce, give up a friendship.

amicitiam dissuere, dissolvere, praecīdere – to renounce, give up a friendship.

amicissimus meus or mihi – my best friend.

homo intimus, familiarissimus mihi – my most intimate acquaintance.

inimicitias gerere, habere, exercere cum aliquo – to be at enmity with a man.

inimicitias cum aliquo suscipere – to make a person one's enemy.

inimicitias deponere – to lay aside one's differences.

aequi iniqui – friend and foe.

placare aliquem alicui or in aliquem – to reconcile two people; to be a mediator.

reconciliare alicuius animum or simply aliquem alicui – to reconcile two people; to be a mediator.

in gratiam aliquem cum aliquo reducere – to reconcile two people; to be a mediator.

in gratiam cum aliquo redire – to be reconciled; to make up a quarrel.

sibi aliquem, alicuius animum reconciliare or reconciliari alicui – to be reconciled; to make up a quarrel.

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.

laudem tribuere, impertire alicui – to praise, extol, commend a person.

laude afficere aliquem – to praise, extol, commend a person.

(maximis, summis) laudibus efferre aliquem or aliquid – to praise, extol, commend a person.

eximia laude ornare aliquem – to praise, extol, commend a person.

omni laude cumulare aliquem – to overwhelm with eulogy.

laudibus aliquem (aliquid) in caelum ferre, efferre, tollere – to extol, laud to the skies.

alicuius laudes praedicare – to spread a person's praises.

aliquem beatum praedicare – to consider happy.

omnium undique laudem colligere – to win golden opinions from every one.

maximam ab omnibus laudem adipisci – to win golden opinions from every one.

aliquid laudi alicui ducere, dare – to consider a thing creditable to a man.

aliquem coram, in os or praesentem laudare – to praise a man to his face.

recte, bene fecisti quod… – you were right in…; you did right to…

res mihi probatur – a thing meets with my approval.

res a me probatur – I express my approval of a thing.

hoc in te reprehendo (not ob eam rem ) – I blame this in you; I censure you for this.

vituperationem subire – to suffer reproof; to be criticised, blamed.

in vituperationem, reprehensionem cadere, incidere, venire – to suffer reproof; to be criticised, blamed.

exprobrare alicui aliquid – to reproach a person with…

aliquid alicui crimini dare, vertere – to reproach a person with…

conqueri, expostulare cum aliquo de aliqua re – to expostulate with a person about a thing.

rumor, fama, sermo est or manat – report says; people say.

rumor, fama viget – a rumour is prevalent.

fama serpit (per urbem) – a report is spreading imperceptibly.

rumor increbrescit – a report, an impression is gaining ground.

rumorem spargere – to spread a rumour.

famam dissipare – to spread a rumour.

dubii rumores afferuntur ad nos – vague rumours reach us.

auditione et fama accepisse aliquid – to know from hearsay.

fando aliquid audivisse – to know from hearsay.

ex eo audivi, cum diceret – I heard him say…

vulgo dicitur, pervulgatum est – every one says.

in ore omnium or omnibus ( hominum or hominibus , but only mihi, tibi , etc.) esse – to be in every one's mouth.

per omnium ora ferri – to be in every one's mouth.

in ore habere aliquid (Fam. 6. 18. 5) – to harp on a thing, be always talking of it.

efferre or edere aliquid in vulgus – to divulge, make public.

foras efferri, palam fieri, percrebrescere, divulgari, in medium proferri, exire, emanare – to become known, become a topic of common conversation (used of things).

in sermonem hominum venire – to be a subject for gossip.

in ora vulgi abire – to be a subject for gossip.

fabulam fieri – to be the talk of the town, a scandal.

nuntio allato or accepto – on receiving the news.

Romam nuntiatum est, allatum est – news reached Rome.

certiorem facere aliquem ( alicuius rei or de aliqua re ) – to inform a person.

mentionem facere alicuius rei or de aliqua re 81 81 Not commemorare , the fundamental meaning of which is "to make a person mindful of…" and implies an emphatic reference to a definite point. – to mention a thing.

mentionem inicere de aliqua re or Acc. c. Inf. – to mention a thing incidentally, casually.

in mentionem alicuius rei incidere – to mention a thing incidentally, casually.

mentio alicuius rei incidit – to mention a thing incidentally, casually.