adulantibus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adulans, (gen.), adulantis:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
flattering, adulatory;
abl. pl. (all)dat. pl. (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. pl. pres. act. part.dat. pl. pres. act. part.
Examples
- P
Liber XIV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...datur, clarus, adeo ut Nero aeger valetudine, et adulantibus circum, qui finem imperio adesse dicebant, si quid fato..." - P
Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...Intererat consiliis frater eius L. Vitellius seque iam adulantibus offerebat, cum repente Coenus libertus Neronis atroci mendacio universos..."
