adseculas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adsecula, adseculae:
Masculine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
follower; attendant, servant; hanger-on, sycophant, creature;
acc. pl.nom. sg.
Examples
Satura IX
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...pulchrum et dignum cyatho caeloque putabas. uos humili adseculae, uos indulgebitis umquam cultori, iam nec morbo donare parati..."Liber V
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...revolvi rem ut aut patricii aut patriciorum adseculae habendi tribuni plebis sint; eripi sacratas leges, extorqueri tribuniciam potestatem..."