assentatio
ὀρχούμενός τις καὶ τὴν τοῦ Κρόνου τεκνοφαγίαν παρωρχεῖτο → a dancer was presenting Kronos who devoured his children, an actor portrayed Kronos who devoured his children
Latin > English
assentatio assentationis N F :: assent, agreement; flattery, toadyism, flattering agreement/compliance
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
assentātĭo: (ads-), ōnis, f. assentor.
I A flattering assent, flattery, adulation: istaec illum perdidit adsentatio, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 7: nullam in amicitiis pestem esse majorem quam adulationem, blanditiam, adsentationem, Cic. Lael. 25, 94: adsentationes, blanditiae et pejor odio amoris simulatio, Plin. Pan. 85: Graeci diuturnā servitute ad nimiam adsentationem eruditi, Cic. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 5: se blanditiis et adsentationibus in Asinii consuetudinem penitus immersit, id. Clu. 13: inflatus adsentationibus, Liv. 24, 6 al.—
II Rarely in a good sense, approbation, assent, Vell. 2, 128: ad neutram partem adsentationem flectere, Petr. 17.
Latin > German (Georges)
assentātio (adsentātio), ōnis, f. (assentor), das unablässige Beistimmen, I) im üblen Sinne = das Reden nach dem Munde, das unbedingte Jasagen, die niedrige Schmeichelei, die Liebedienerei, die liebeddienerische Nachgiebigkeit, faceta parasitorum, Cic.: familiaris, Liv.: immodica, Liv.: turpis, Cic.: nullam in amicitiis pestem esse maiorem, quam adulationem, blanditiam, assentationem, Cic.: perdidit illum istaec adsentatio, Plaut. Bacch. 411: quorum (regum) opes saepius assentatio quam hostis evortit, Curt.: assentatio erga principem sine affectu peragitur, Tac.: vitia eius assentatione alere, Vell. – Plur., Cic. Phil. 13, 35: blanditiae et assentationes, Cic. Clu. 36 (vgl. Plin. pan. 85, 1): inflatus assentationibus eorum, qui etc., Liv. 24, 6, 8. – II) im guten Sinne = das Beipflichten, die Zustimmung, Vell. 2, 128, 3. Petr. 17, 1. Plin. ep. 1, 8, 17. Cod. Theod. 10, 3, 5.
