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ădūlābĭlis (not adōl-), e, adj. [adulor], suited to flatter, flattering, adulatory: sermo, Amm. 14, 11: sententia, id. 31, 12; cf. Non. 155, 30.

ădūlans, antis, v. adulor, P. a.

ădūlor, ātūs, 1, v. dep. [acc. to Lobeck, the -ulo, -ulor is connected with ἴλλειν (cf. εἰλύω, ἐλύω, and volvo), and thus denoted orig. the wagging of the tail and fawning of brutes; Fest. p. 21 Müll., thought adulor was a form of adludo, to play with; cf. Ger. wedeln and Eng. to wheedle], to cling to one fawningly, to fawn as a dog; and trop., of cringing flattery, which is exhibited in words and actions, to flatter in a cringing manner, to fawn upon (while assentari signified to yield to one in everything, to assent to what he says, and is used only of men; and blandiri, to be soft and pleasing in manner, to flatter by honeyed words as well as by captivating manners; cf. Cic. Lael. 25).
Constr. with acc., more rarely with dat., Rudd. II. p. 136; Zumpt, § 389.

  1. I. In gen.: ferarum Agmen adulantum, Ov. M. 14, 45: Quin etiam blandas movere per aëra caudas, Nostraque adulantes comitant vestigia, id. ib. 14, 257. caudam more adulantium canum blande movet, Gell. 5, 14: hi (canes) furem quoque adulantur, Col. 7, 12.
    Meton.: horrentem, trementem, adulantem omnīs videre te volui: vidi, Cic. Pis. 41: aperte adulantem nemo non videt, id. Lael. 26: aut adulatus aut admiratus fortunam sum alterius, id. Div. 2, 2, 6; Liv 45, 31: quemcunque principem, Tac. H. 1, 32: Neronem aut Tigellium, id. A. 16, 19: dominum, Sen. de Ira, 2, 31; Nep., Liv., and Curt. have the dat.: Antonio, Nep. Att. 8: praesentibus, Liv. 36, 7: singulis, Curt. 4, 1, 19.
    In the time of Quint. the use of the dat. was predominant: huic non hunc adulari jam dicitur, 9, 3, 1; yet Tac. preferred the acc., v. the passages cited above.
  2. II. Esp. of the servile reverence paid to Asiatic kings, προσκυνεῖν; cf. adulatio: more adulantium procubuerunt: conveniens oratio tam humili adulationi fuit, Liv. 30, 16: more Persarum, Val. Max. 4, 7, ext. 2; so id. ib. 6, 3, ext. 2.
    Hence, ădū-lans, antis, P. a., flattering, adulatory: verba, Plin. Pan. 26: quid adulantius? Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 27.
    Sup. is wanting.
    * Adv.: ădūlanter, flatteringly, fawningly, Fulg. Contin. Verg. p. 153.

ădūlanter, adv., v. adulor, P. a.

ădūlātĭo, ōnis, f. [adulor], a fawning, like that of a dog (adulatio est blandimentum proprie canum, quod et ad homines tractum consuetudine est, Non. 17, 4).
In the post-Aug. historians, esp. in Tac., very freq. for a servile respect exhibited by bowing the body = adoratio.

  1. I. Lit.: canum tam fida custodia tamque amans dominorum adulatio, Cic. N. D. 2, 63.
    So of doves, a billing, Plin. 10, 34, 52, § 104.
    Of men toward animals, Col. 6, 2, 5.
  2. II. Fig., low, cringing flattery, adulation: in amicitiis nullam pestem esse majorem quam adulationem, blanditiam, assentationem, Cic. Lael. 25, 91: pars altera regiae adulationis (i. e. adulatorum) erat, Liv. 42, 30: humi jacentium adulationes, id. 9, 18; cf. Curt. 8, 6; so Tac. A. 1, 13, 14; 2, 32; 3, 2; 4, 6; 5, 7; 15, 59; id. G. 8, etc.; Suet. Aug. 53; Plin. Pan. 41, 3 al.

ădūlātor, ōris, m. [adulor], 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.

ădūlātōrĭus, a, um, adj. [adulator], flattering, adulatory (rare): dedecus, Tac. A. 6, 32 fin.
Adv.: ădūlātōrĭē, flatteringly, fawningly: agere rem, August. Ep. 148.

ădūlātrix, īcis, f. [adulator], a female flatterer: adulatrices exterae gentes, Treb. Poll. Claud. 3; so tert. Anim. 51.