adulatus
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);
nom. sg. perf. part. - 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);
nom. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Atticus
Cornelius Nepos from LIBER DE LATINIS HISTORICIS
"...rebus in exsilium proficiscerentur; neque eo magis potenti adulatus est Antonio neque desperatos reliquit. Atticus, qui pecuniam simul..."Liber IV
Gaius Phaedrus from FABVLARVM AESOPIARVM LIBRI QVINQVE
"...turbasua, iubet illum munerari, et quia adulatus est, omnes illos fefellit. Verax autem apud se cogitabar:"Si iste..."Liber XVI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...pereuntium, Neronem aut Tigellinum aut quem alium potentium adulatus est, sed flagitia principis sub nominibus exoletorum feminarumque..."
