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
- C
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..." - G
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..." - P
Liber XVI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...pereuntium, Neronem aut Tigellinum aut quem alium potentium adulatus est, sed flagitia principis sub nominibus exoletorum feminarumque..."
