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Ζῆν οὐκ ἄξιος, ὅτῳ μηδὲ εἷς ἐστι χρηστὸς φίλοςLife is not worth living if you do not have at least one friend.

Democritus, DK 68b22

Latin > English

adulator adulatoris N M :: servile flatterer, sycophant

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.

Translations

adulator

Armenian: շողոքորթ; Azerbaijani: yaltaq; Bashkir: ялағай; Danish: smigrer, spytslikker; Finnish: mielistelijä, imartelija; French: adulateur, adulatrice; German: Schmeichler, Schmeichlerin; Greek: κόλακας, γαλίφης, μαλαγάνας; Ancient Greek: αἴκαλος, θώψ, κόλαξ, πίθων; Hungarian: talpnyaló; Italian: adulatore, adulatrice; Portuguese: adulador, bajulador; Romagnol: aduladôr, adulatôr; Romanian: adulator, adulatoare; Russian: льстец, подхалим, лизоблюд, подлиза; Spanish: adulador, aduladora

flatterer

Albanian: lajkatar; Belarusian: лястун, падлі́знік, падлі́за; Bengali: খয়ের খাঁ; Bulgarian: ласкател; Catalan: adulador, aduladora, llagoter, llagotera; Chinese Mandarin: 奉承者, 諂媚者/谄媚者, 阿諛者/阿谀者, 馬屁精/马屁精; Czech: lichotník; Danish: smigrer; Dutch: vleier, vleister; Finnish: imartelija, mielistelijä; French: flatteur, flatteuse; Galician: aloumiñeiro; German: Schmeichler, Schmeichlerin; Greek: κόλακας, γλείφτης, γαλίφης; Ancient Greek: αἴκαλος, θώψ, κολακίς, κόλαξ, πίθων; Hungarian: hízelgő; Irish: líodóir; Italian: adulatore, adulatrice; Jamaican Creole: sweet talker; Japanese: おべっか使い, 茶坊主, 幇間; Kapampangan: talabuladas; Korean: 아첨꾼; Latin: palpator, palpo, adulator; Lithuanian: saldžiakalbis, saldžialiežuvis; Macedonian: ласкавец, подлизурко, додворувач; Middle English: flaterere, losengeour; Norman: affliâtreux, fliatteux; Norwegian Bokmål: smigrer; Polish: pochlebca; Portuguese: bajulador, adulador, puxa-saco; Romagnol: aduladôr, adulatôr; Romanian: lingușitor, lingușitoare, adulator, adulatoare; Russian: льстец, подхалим, подхалимка, подлиза; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: ласкавац; Serbo-Croatian Latin: laskavac; Slovak: lichotník, pochlebovač; Spanish: lisonjeador, lisonjero, adulador, halagador, zalamero, adulón; Swedish: smickrare; Ukrainian: підлесник, лестець, підлесник, облесник, лестун, підлиза, підлизник; Walloon: clatcheu, platchteu, flåzeu; Welsh: gwenieithwr, gwenieithwraig, sebonwr, sebonwraig, ffalsiwr, ffalsiwraig