English → Latin
“influence” in Latin
volōto wish, to please; to want; to mean, to intendmōmentummovement, motion, impulse; course; change, revolution, movement, disturbance; particle, part, pointauctōritāscredibility, prestige, reputation, importance; influence, weight, personal weight; power, ability, authorityamplitūdōA wide extent; breadth, width, amplitude, size, bulk, multiplicity, abundance.; Greatness; dignity, grandeur, prestige, dignitāsworth, worthiness, merit, desert; fitness, suitability; rank, status, standing, esteem, dignitygrātiagrace; thankfulness; thanks (see grātiās agō, grātiās habeō)opsstrength, power, power to help, property; resources, wealth, riches; assistance, help, aid, supporttangōto touch, grasp; to reach, arrive at, come to a place; to attain toappellōto drive or move to; to land or put ashoresōlusalone, sole, only, by oneself with no others around; solitary, uninhabited
The English word influence itself goes back to Latin fluō, through īnfluēns.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
influence s.
vis: momentum (decisive effect, ῥοπή): auctoritas (respectability, weight, etc; these three of persons and things): amplitudo: dignitas: gratia (dignity, favor in which anybody stands; amplitudo, from holding an office; dignitas, from position and personal worth; gratia, from personal properties): opes (influence derived from power and riches): tactus (influence upon anything by approximation, touching; e.g., solis, lunae): appulsus (efficient approach; e.g., solis: appulsum solis et frigoris sentire). Divine influence, afflatus deorum or divinus: through divine influence, divinitus: the influence of the stars and the moon, vis stellarum ac lunae: a beneficent, salutary influence, *vis salutaris: a prejudicial influence, vis damnosa or pestifera: a man of great influence, vir magnae auctoritatis; homo, in quo summa auctoritas est atque amplitudo: of but little influence, homo tenui auctoritate: to have influence, vis est alicui rei; in anything, valere, conducere, vim habere ad aliquid (to conduce to anything): pertinere (to extend to anything). To have influence on anything, valere in aliquo (e.g., of ill-will): to have great influence on any person or thing, magna vis est in aliquo or in aliqua re, in rem or ad aliquid (of persons and things): to have great influence with anybody, multum auctoritate valere or posse; multum gratia valere apud aliquem (of persons): gratiosum esse apud aliquem (to be much in anybody’s favor from one’s good qualities). A thing has considerable influence on me, multum moveor aliqua re (i. e., it makes a great impression on me; e.g., alicujus auctoritate; ☞ Caes., B.C., 1, 44; Nep. Dion, 1, 3): a person has great influence with me, multum valet alicujus auctoritas apud me; multum tribuo alicui or alicujus auctoritati; magni ponderis est aliquis apud me: to have too little influence, parum momenti habere ad aliquid: to have no influence, nihil posse, nihil valere, sine auctoritate esse (of persons); in the army, nullius esse momenti apud exercitum: to lose one’s influence, infringitur auctoritas mea: to exercise in office a great influence over the citizens, vis est in aliquo imperii ingens in cives: to interpose one’s influence, auctoritatem interponere (Vid: Cic., Phil., 13, 7, 15): to have a beneficial influence upon anybody, juvare aliquem; prodesse alicui: to have a prejudicial influence, nocere alicui (in both cases, of things): the pain I feel shall have no influence on my judgement, sensum doloris mei a sententiā dicendā amovebo. To destroy your influence (in the state), exterminare auctoritatem vestram.
influence v.
vim habere ad aliquid or in aliqua re. To influence anybody, movere, permovere, or pellere alicujus animum (to make an impression on his mind); multum valere apud aliquem (to have great weight with him; of persons or things; e.g., pudor, officium); multum posse apud aliquem; multum gratia or auctoritate valere apud aliquem (to have great influence with him). To influence anything, magnum momentum habere or magno momento esse (to have great influence); aliquid momenti habere (to have some influence upon; both with reference to an effect they contribute to produce, ad aliquid or absolutely); multum (plus) valere (upon anything, ad aliquid; it being, as before, an effect); magna vis est in aliqua re (adaliquid). This patriotic feeling influenced all ranks alike, ea caritas patriae per omnes ordines pertinebat (Liv., 23, 27): to influence human affairs, res humanas curare; rebus hominum intervenire (of the Deity; the latter, Tac., Germ., 40, 3): novel undertakings are greatly influenced by public opinion, fama in novis coeptis validissima est: beware of being influenced by private feeling, cave quicquam habeat momenti gratia: whether they are more influenced by shame and a sense of duty or by fear, utrum apud eos pudor atque officium an timor plus valeret: influenced by anybody, impulsus ab aliquo: without being influenced by anybody, nullo impellente: to be influenced by the sun, solis appulsum sentire. Vid: “to have (great) INFLUENCE on. “
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for influence?
- The usual Latin words for “influence” are volō, mōmentum, auctōritās; also amplitūdō, dignitās, grātia. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.