adulante
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adulans, (gen.), adulantis:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
flattering, adulatory;
abl. sg. (all) - 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. pres. act. part.
Examples
- P
Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...quin etiam blandas movere per aera caudas nostraque adulantes comitant vestigia, donec excipiunt famulae perque atria marmore tecta..." - P
Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...cuncta, ut trepidans re subita, perscripserat, et amici adulantes mollius interpretabantur: unius legionis eam seditionem, ceteris exercitibus constare..."