adulando
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);
abl. sg. fut. part.abl. sg. fut. part.dat. sg. fut. part.dat. sg. 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);
abl. sg. fut. pass. part.abl. sg. fut. pass. part.dat. sg. fut. pass. part.dat. sg. fut. pass. part.
Examples
de Clementia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...mihi mos est; maluerim veris offendere quam placere adulando); quid ergo est? Praeter id, quod bene factis dictisque..."Vitellius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...fauces pro remedio fovebat. Idem miri in adulando ingenii, primus C. Caesarem adorare ut deum instituit, cum reversus..."Liber XLV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...tria genera principum in ciuitatibus erant, duo, quae adulando aut Romanorum imperium aut amicitiam regum sibi priuatim opes..."Liber XXXVI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...quin, ut quibus nullae suae uires sint, praesentibus adulando semper, quem metum in consilio habeant, eodem ad impetrandam..."
