authorize Copy link Outline 1. pŏtestatem s. auctoritatem făcio s. do (with dat. of person)2. Simly. in pass., to be authorized may be expr. by potestatem, or jus habere • authorize: to give authority to or for: 1. pŏtestatem s. auctoritatem făcio s. do (with dat. of person): they a.d the painter to choose which he pleased, pictori quas vellet eligendi p. dederunt, Cic.: we a. the corporate towns to shut out Antony, municipiis ad excludendum Antonium auctoritatem damus, Cic. Phr.: it is the province of the augurs to a. or to forbid the transaction of business with the people, augurum est cum populo agendi jus aut dare aut non dare, Cic. 2. Simly. in pass., to be authorized may be expr. by potestatem, or jus habere: he is a.d and empowered to command in Syria, imperandi in Syria jus potestatemque habet, Cic.: v. to empower. Phr.: this shall be explained afterwards, if you a. me, id postea, si per vos licitum erit, aperietur, Cic.: to a. to commit sin, peccandi auctoritatem afferre, Cic.: this the Cornelian laws do not a., hoc Corneliae leges non sanciunt, Cic.: (v. sanction): nothing pleased Clodius which was either a.d by nature or allowed by the laws, Clodium nihil delectabat quod aut per naturam fas esset aut per leges liceret, Cic.: the a.d version of the Scriptures, *Scripturarum sacrarum translatio de publica auctoritate facta I a.d that report, *ego illius rumoris auctor fui: v. author.