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
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..."X
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..."
