I.a low, cringing flatterer, a sycophant (homo fallax et levis, ad voluptatem facit ac dicit omnia, nihil ad veritatem, Cic. Lael. 25, 91; cf. id. ib. 25, 93): “nolo esse laudator, ne videar adulator,” Auct. Her. 4, 21; so Quint. 12, 10, 13; Suet. Vit. 1: “versabilium adulatorum,” Amm. 14, 11, 2.
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ădūlātor , ōris, m. id.,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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