adulo
ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις → even at the price of death, the fairest way to win his own exploits together with his other companions | but even at the risk of death would find the finest elixir of excellence together with his other companions | but to find, together with other young men, the finest remedy — the remedy of one's own valor — even at the risk of death
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ădūlo: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (a rare form for adulor; hence Prisc. 791 P. ranks this form, as an exception, among the other active forms of the deponents, adipiscor, admiror, auxilior, etc.; cf. Don. p. 1756 P. and Ars Consent. p. 2054 P.),
I to fawn like a dog: (canes) gannitu vocis adulant, Luor. 5, 1070: caudā nostrum adulat sanguinem (the eagle), strokes, i. e. wipes off our blood, Cic. poët. ap. Tusc. 2, 10, 24, as trans. of Aeschyl. Prometh. Solut.: Dionysium, Val. Max. 4, 3, ext. 4.—Pass., to be flattered nec adulari nos sinamus, Cic. Off. 1, 26, 91: tribunus militum adulandus erat, Val. M. 2, 7, 15: adulati erant ab amicis, Cass. ap. Prisc. p. 791 P.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ădūlō,¹⁶ āvī, ātum, āre, [arch. et rare, v. adulor : Acc. Tr. 390 ; Lucr. 5, 1068 ; Apul. M. 5, 14 ; Aus. Grat. 13.
Latin > German (Georges)
adūlo, āvī, ātum, āre, an etw. anstreicheln, I) eig., v. Adler, der des Prometheus Leber fraß, pinnatā caudā nostrum adulat sanguinem, streichelnd wischt er mein Blut mit dem Federschweif ab, Acc. tr. 3901. – v. liebkosenden Anschmiegen, Schmeicheln der Hunde, Lucr. 5, 1068. – u. vom Wasser, gleichs. die Ufer sanft wogend streicheln = sanft bespülen, Stat. Theb. 9, 324. Avien. descr. orb. 338 u. 571. – II) übtr.: a) jmdm. kriechend od. höfisch schmeicheln, jmdm. den Hof machen, bei jmd. den Speichellecker machen, alqm, Auson. grat. act. (VIII) 3, 13. p. 21, 19 Schenkl. Cl. Mam. pan. Iulian. 19, 4. Anthol. Lat. 1367 M.: im Passiv, adulati erant ab amicis et adhortati, Cass. Hemin. b. Prisc. 8, 15 (b. Cic. de off. 1, 91 ist nos Objekt). – b) prägn., schmeichelnd anreden, sic adulant mit folg. dir. Rede, Apul. met. 5, 14.
Latin > English
adulo adulare, adulavi, adulatus V TRANS :: fawn upon (as a dog); flatter (in a servile manner), court; make obeisance (to)
