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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=assecla asseclae N M :: [[follower]]; [[attendant]], [[servant]]; [[hanger-on]], [[sycophant]], [[creature]]
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>assĕcla</b>: (ads-, B. and K., Jahn; [[ass]]-, Halm), ae, comm. acc. to [[Charis]]. p. 37 P. ([[but]] examples are [[found]] [[only]] in<br /><b>I</b> masc.) [[assequor]], a [[follower]], an [[attendant]], [[servant]], [[sycophant]] ([[with]] the [[accessory]] [[idea]] of [[contempt]], [[different]] from [[assectator]]; cf. Ruhnk. ad Vell. 2, 83): assentatores eorum [[atque]] adseculae, Cic. Corn. Fragm. ap. Orell. IV. 2, p. 453: legatorum adseculae, id. Verr. 2, 1, 25: cum adseculae suo tetrarchian dedisset, id. Div. 2, 37, 79; id. Sest. 64 fin. Orell. (ed. min.); id. Att. 6, 3, 6: [[assecla]] praetoris, Nep. Att. 6, 4: adseculae, Juv. 9, 48 dub. Jahn.
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{{Georges
|georg=assecla ([[adsecla]]) u. [[assecula]] ([[adsecula]]), ae, m. ([[assequor]]), der Nachgänger, der [[sich]] zu einem Großen ([[bes]]. zu einem in die [[Provinz]] gehenden [[Prätor]], Legaten usw.) [[des]] Vorteils [[wegen]] hält, [[ein]] blindergebener politischer [[Anhänger]], der Parteigänger, assentatores eorum [[atque]] asseculae, Cic.: [[qui]] potentissimorum contumaciam [[non]] [[tuli]], ferrem huius asseculae, Cic.: [[vos]] humili asseculae, [[vos]] indulgebitis [[umquam]] cultori, Iuven.: asseclam [[esse]] praetoris, im [[Gefolge]] [[des]] Pr. [[sein]], Nep.: omnium mensarum [[assecla]] ([[Schmarotzer]]), v. Katilina, Ps. Cic. in Sall. 7, 24.
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=assecla, ae. m. :: [[跟班]]。[[從者]]
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