autorità

See also: autorita

Italian

Alternative forms

• autoritade (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin auctōritātem, accusative of auctōritās, derived from auctor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /au̯.to.riˈta/, [äu̯t̪or̺iˈt̪ä]
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: au‧to‧ri‧tà

Noun

autorità f (invariable)

1. (uncountable) authority (power to enforce rules or give orders)
2. (in the plural) authorities (bodies that have power and control in a particular sphere)
3. Extended meanings:
   1. prestige, influence
      • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell] (paperback), 12th edition, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto IV, lines 112–114, page 61:

        Genti v'eran con occhi tardi e gravi, ¶ di grande autorità ne' lor sembianti: ¶ parlavan rado, con voci soavi.

        People were there with solemn eyes and slow, of great authority in their countenance; they spake but seldom, and with gentle voices.

   2. An authoritative testimony or claim
   3. An influential example
   4. (rare) A quote from a literary work.
   5. authority (person accepted as a source of reliable information on a subject)

Derived terms

• autoritario

Related terms

• autorevole
• autoritarismo
• autorizzare

Anagrams

• attuario

Further reading

• autorità in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Noun

autorità f (plural autoriteies)

1. authority