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Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιονὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking

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|georg=adūlātor, ōris, m. ([[adulor]]), der Kriecher, kriechende [[Schmeichler]], Speichellecker, [[nolo]] [[esse]] [[laudator]], ne videar [[adulator]], Cornif. rhet.: potentiae, Quint.: imperatoris, Suet.: attrib., [[adulator]] [[populus]], [[adulator]] [[senatus]], Treb. Poll.
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Revision as of 22:35, 27 February 2019

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ădūlātor: ōris, m. id.,
I a low, cringing flatterer, a sycophant (homo fallax et levis, ad voluptatem facit ac dicit omnia, nihil ad veritatem, Cic. Lael. 25, 91; cf. id. ib. 25, 93): nolo esse laudator, ne videar adulator, Auct. Her. 4, 21; so Quint. 12, 10, 13; Suet. Vit. 1: versabilium adulatorum, Amm. 14, 11, 2.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

ădūlātŏr,¹³ ōris, m., flatteur, flagorneur, vil courtisan : Sen. Rhet. Contr. 7, 3 (18), 9 ; Curt. 8, 5, 8 ; Sen. Nat. 6, 13 ; Quint. 2, 15, 11.

Latin > German (Georges)

adūlātor, ōris, m. (adulor), der Kriecher, kriechende Schmeichler, Speichellecker, nolo esse laudator, ne videar adulator, Cornif. rhet.: potentiae, Quint.: imperatoris, Suet.: attrib., adulator populus, adulator senatus, Treb. Poll.

Latin > English

adulator adulatoris N M :: servile flatterer, sycophant