influential Copy link Outline 1. grăvis, e2. expr. by auctōrĭtas3. pŏtens (possessing ascendancy in the state)4. amplus (enjoying high position and distinction)5. expr. by polleo, văleo, 2 (to be i.) • influential: 1. grăvis, e: as applied to persons, more fully, auctoritate gravis, Cic. de Or. 2, 37, 154: v. weighty, important. 2. expr. by auctōrĭtas: most i. and distinguished persons, in quibus summa a. et amplitudo, Cic. R. Am. 1, 2: so i. a leader, tantâ a. dux, Cic. Att. 7, 7, ad fin.; cf. supr. (1). 3. pŏtens (possessing ascendancy in the state): v. powerful. 4. amplus (enjoying high position and distinction): i. (distinguished) and honourable families, a. et honestae familiae, Cic. Mur. 7, 15: Caes. 5. expr. by polleo, văleo, 2 (to be i.): v. influence, subs. (IV., Phr.).