adulandi
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adulor, adulari, adulatus sum:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
fawn upon (as a dog); flatter (in a servile manner), court; make obeisance (to);
gen. sg. fut. part.gen. sg. fut. part.nom. pl. fut. part.voc. pl. fut. part. - Entry →adulo, adulare, adulavi, adulatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
fawn upon (as a dog); flatter (in a servile manner), court; make obeisance (to);
gen. sg. fut. pass. part.gen. sg. fut. pass. part.nom. pl. fut. pass. part.voc. pl. fut. pass. part.
Examples
Satura III
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...caelum hausit Aventini baca nutrita Sabina? Quid quod adulandi gens prudentissima laudat sermonem indocti, faciem deformis amici..."Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...usurum, vel cum periculo offensionis: ea sola species adulandi supererat. conclamant patres corpus ad rogum umeris senatorum ferendum..."Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...exposcere; gaudio clamoribusque cuncta miscebant, indiligentia veri et adulandi libidine. Piso indicio Sagittae vel insita modestia..."Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...pari certamine postulaturis, sed tradito more quemcumque principem adulandi licentia adclamationum et studiis inanibus. Interim Galbam duae sententiae..."