• esteem (subs.): existĭmātio (usu. objectively, the consideration in which a person is held): v. reputation, character (III.). Very often expr. by aestĭmo, făcio: worthy of the highest e., *maximi, plurimi aestimandus; quem plurimi facere oporteat: you have my highest e., *te plurimi facio ut debeo: v. preced. art. fin. (Dignātio appears to be used in similar sense in late authors: cf. Suet. Vesp. 4: "Africam integerrime, nec sine magna dignatione [not without gaining great credit and e. thereby] administravit.")