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
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..."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..."
