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Menander, Monostichoi, 80

Latin > English

assentator assentatoris N M :: yes-man, flatterer, toady

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.

Latin > German (Georges)

assentātor (adsentātor), ōris, m. (assentor), der unablässige Beipflichter, I) im üblen Sinne, der Reder nach dem Munde, Liebediener, Jasager, niedrige Schmeichler, assentator perniciosus, Cic.: quasi assentator populi, Cic.: assentator mulierum, Cic.: ass. reginae humillimus, Vell.: assentatores regii, Liv.: an aliquid intersit inter assentatorem et amicum, Cic.: cavendum est, ne assentatoribus patefaciamus aures, ne adulari nos sinamus, Cic. – II) im guten Sinne, der völlige Beipflichter, Zustimmer zu etw., non auctor, sed assentator mali, Tert. adv. Herm. 10.