adulandos
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);
acc. 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);
acc. pl. fut. pass. part.
Examples
- L
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..." - G
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..." - T
Liber XLV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...tria genera principum in ciuitatibus erant, duo, quae adulando aut Romanorum imperium aut amicitiam regum sibi priuatim opes..." - T
Liber XXXVI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...quin, ut quibus nullae suae uires sint, praesentibus adulando semper, quem metum in consilio habeant, eodem ad impetrandam..."