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Menander, Monostichoi, 258

Latin > English

adulo adulare, adulavi, adulatus V TRANS :: fawn upon (as a dog); flatter (in a servile manner), court; make obeisance (to)

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 > Chinese

adulo, as, are. :: 諂媚