adulator

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adūlātor.

Noun

adulator (plural adulators)

  1. One who lavishes excessive praises or flattery; one who adulates.

Translations

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /a.duːˈlaː.tor/, [a.duːˈɫaː.tɔr]

Noun

adūlātor m (genitive adūlātōris); third declension

  1. a low cringing flatterer; a sycophant

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative adūlātor adūlātōrēs
genitive adūlātōris adūlātōrum
dative adūlātōrī adūlātōribus
accusative adūlātōrem adūlātōrēs
ablative adūlātōre adūlātōribus
vocative adūlātor adūlātōrēs

Descendants

Verb

adūlātor

  1. second-person singular future active imperative of adūlor
  2. third-person singular future active imperative of adūlor

References

  • adulator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • adulator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • adulator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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