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
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..."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..."
