assentator
From LSJ
Τὸν αὐτὸν αἰνεῖν καὶ ψέγειν ἀνδρὸς κακοῦ → Hominis mali est culpare, quem laudaverit → Den selben lobt und tadelt nur ein schlechter Mann
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
assentātor: (ads-), ōris, m. assentor,
I one who assents flatteringly, a flatterer (most freq. in Cic.).
I Lit.: semper auget adsentator id, quod is, cujus ad voluntatem loquitur, vult esse magnum, Cic. Lael. 26, 98: ita fit, ut is adsentatoribus patefaciat aures suas maxime, qui ipse sibi adsentetur et se maxime ipse delectet, id. ib. 26, 97; id. Off. 1, 14, 42; 1, 26, 91; 2, 18, 63; id. Caecin. 5, 14: Adsentatores jubet ad lucrum ire poëta Dives agris, * Hor. A. P. 420.—
II Trop.: non auctor, sed adsentator mali, one who connives at, Tert. adv. Herm. 10.
