adulantem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adulans, (gen.), adulantis:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
flattering, adulatory;
acc. sg. (m./f.) - 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. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...educatum inter epulas transfodit manu quidem sua, parum adulantem et pigre ex Macedone ac libero in Persicam seruitutem..."
Liber Nonus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...ergo ratus nihil Elysias ibi posse Sorores, laetus adulantem nunc hoc, nunc margine ab illo transit auum, leuat..."
