assecla
ὃν οὐ τύπτει λόγος οὐδὲ ῥάβδος → if words don't get through, neither a beating will | if the carrot doesn't work, the stick will not work either | whom words do not strike, neither does the rod
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 > English
assecla asseclae N M :: follower; attendant, servant; hanger-on, sycophant, creature
