adulator

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adūlātor.

Noun

adulator (plural adulators)

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

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Latin

Etymology

adūlor (to fawn upon, flatter) +‎ -tor

Pronunciation

Noun

adūlātor m (genitive adūlātōris); third declension

  1. a low cringing flatterer; a sycophant

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative adūlātor adūlātōrēs
genitive adūlātōris adūlātōrum
dative adūlātōrī adūlātōribus
accusative adūlātōrem adūlātōrēs
ablative adūlātōre adūlātōribus
vocative adūlātor adūlātōrēs

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Verb

adūlātor

  1. second/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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Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin adūlātor. First attested in 1560.

Pronunciation

Noun

adulátor m animacy unattested

  1. (Middle Polish) adulator
    Synonyms: pochlebca, służalec

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French adulateur.

Noun

adulator m (plural adulatori, feminine equivalent adulatoare)

  1. worshiper

Declension

Declension of adulator
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative adulator adulatorul adulatori adulatorii
genitive-dative adulator adulatorului adulatori adulatorilor
vocative adulatorule adulatorilor