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1 adulor
ădūlor, ātūs, 1, v. dep. [acc. to Lobeck, the -ulo, -ulor is connected with illein (cf. eiluô, eluô, 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.I.In gen.:II.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. [p. 47] 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.—Esp. of the servile reverence paid to Asiatic kings, proskunein; 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?
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2 adulatio
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.I.Lit.:II.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.—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. -
3 חנופה
חֲנוּפָהf. (b. h. חֲנֻפָה, some ed. חֲנֻפָּ׳; חָנַף) 1) hypocrisy, dishonesty, flattery. Sot.41b אדם שיש בו ח׳ a man in whom there is insincerity. Ib. אגרופה של ח׳ the power of flattery (towards Agrippa). Ib. 42a עדה … ח׳ a community in which insincerity (flattery to power) prevails. Snh.52a בשביל ח׳ שהחניפו לקרח because, they flattered Korah. Kidd.49b ח׳ וגסותוכ׳ cringing submission (to power) and haughtiness (towards the weak); a. e. 2) faithlessness to religion, apostasy. Gen. R. s. 48, beg. כל ח׳וכ׳ where the root חנף is used in the Bible, it means heresy; Yalk. Is. 304. -
4 חֲנוּפָה
חֲנוּפָהf. (b. h. חֲנֻפָה, some ed. חֲנֻפָּ׳; חָנַף) 1) hypocrisy, dishonesty, flattery. Sot.41b אדם שיש בו ח׳ a man in whom there is insincerity. Ib. אגרופה של ח׳ the power of flattery (towards Agrippa). Ib. 42a עדה … ח׳ a community in which insincerity (flattery to power) prevails. Snh.52a בשביל ח׳ שהחניפו לקרח because, they flattered Korah. Kidd.49b ח׳ וגסותוכ׳ cringing submission (to power) and haughtiness (towards the weak); a. e. 2) faithlessness to religion, apostasy. Gen. R. s. 48, beg. כל ח׳וכ׳ where the root חנף is used in the Bible, it means heresy; Yalk. Is. 304. -
5 adūlātiō
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6 adulation
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7 sycophancy
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8 servile
1. a рабский2. a раболепный, подобострастный, холопскийСинонимический ряд:1. abject (adj.) abject; cringing2. base (adj.) base; low; low-down; sordid; squalid; ugly; vile; wretched3. contemptible (adj.) contemptible; despicable; miserable; poor; sorry4. humble (adj.) humble; ignoble; menial5. slavish (adj.) beggarly; fawning; groveling; obeisant; obsequious; slavish; submissive; subservient; sycophanticАнтонимический ряд: -
9 yaltaq
1) toady; lickspittle; yes-man2) fawning, cringingyaltaqlanmaq – fawn, flatteryaltaqlıq – flattery
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