assecla

From LSJ

οὐ γὰρ πράξιν ἀγαθὴν, ἀλλὰ καὶ εὖ ποεῖν αὐτὴν → it does not suffice to do good–one must do it well

Source

Latin > English

assecla asseclae N M :: follower; attendant, servant; hanger-on, sycophant, creature

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

assĕcla: (ads-, B. and K., Jahn; ass-, Halm), ae, comm. acc. to Charis. p. 37 P. (but examples are found only in
I masc.) assequor, a follower, an attendant, servant, sycophant (with the accessory idea of contempt, different from assectator; cf. Ruhnk. ad Vell. 2, 83): assentatores eorum atque adseculae, Cic. Corn. Fragm. ap. Orell. IV. 2, p. 453: legatorum adseculae, id. Verr. 2, 1, 25: cum adseculae suo tetrarchian dedisset, id. Div. 2, 37, 79; id. Sest. 64 fin. Orell. (ed. min.); id. Att. 6, 3, 6: assecla praetoris, Nep. Att. 6, 4: adseculae, Juv. 9, 48 dub. Jahn.

Latin > German (Georges)

assecla (adsecla) u. assecula (adsecula), ae, m. (assequor), der Nachgänger, der sich zu einem Großen (bes. zu einem in die Provinz gehenden Prätor, Legaten usw.) des Vorteils wegen hält, ein blindergebener politischer Anhänger, der Parteigänger, assentatores eorum atque asseculae, Cic.: qui potentissimorum contumaciam non tuli, ferrem huius asseculae, Cic.: vos humili asseculae, vos indulgebitis umquam cultori, Iuven.: asseclam esse praetoris, im Gefolge des Pr. sein, Nep.: omnium mensarum assecla (Schmarotzer), v. Katilina, Ps. Cic. in Sall. 7, 24.

Latin > Chinese

assecla, ae. m. :: 跟班從者