adulatur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adulor, adulari, adulatus sum:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
fawn upon (as a dog); flatter (in a servile manner), court; make obeisance (to);
sg. pres. ind. 3rd - 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);
sg. pres. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
- L
Liber IV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...enim iam dementiae uenimus, ut qui parce adulatur, pro maligno sit. Solebam tibi dicere Gallionem si, fratrem meum..." - M
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Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...laetius facie, quid illo blandius vultu, quid magis adulatur oculis, quid possunt videre libentius lacrimae? non magis metuenda..."
