"adulator" meaning in Latin

See adulator in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [a.duːˈɫaː.tɔr] [Classical-Latin], [a.duˈlaː.tor] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: adūlor (“to fawn upon, flatter”) + -tor Etymology templates: {{af|la|adūlor|-tor|gloss1=to fawn upon, flatter}} adūlor (“to fawn upon, flatter”) + -tor Head templates: {{la-noun|adūlātor<3>}} adūlātor m (genitive adūlātōris); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|adūlātor<3>}} Forms: adūlātor [canonical, masculine], adūlātōris [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], adūlātor [nominative, singular], adūlātōrēs [nominative, plural], adūlātōris [genitive, singular], adūlātōrum [genitive, plural], adūlātōrī [dative, singular], adūlātōribus [dative, plural], adūlātōrem [accusative, singular], adūlātōrēs [accusative, plural], adūlātōre [ablative, singular], adūlātōribus [ablative, plural], adūlātor [singular, vocative], adūlātōrēs [plural, vocative]
  1. a low cringing flatterer; a sycophant Tags: declension-3 Derived forms: adūlātorius
    Sense id: en-adulator-la-noun-cK9cFZD-

Verb

IPA: [a.duːˈɫaː.tɔr] [Classical-Latin], [a.duˈlaː.tor] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: adūlātor [canonical]
Etymology: adūlor (“to fawn upon, flatter”) + -tor Etymology templates: {{af|la|adūlor|-tor|gloss1=to fawn upon, flatter}} adūlor (“to fawn upon, flatter”) + -tor Head templates: {{head|la|verb form|head=adūlātor}} adūlātor
  1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of adūlor Tags: active, form-of, future, imperative, second-person, singular, third-person Form of: adūlor
    Sense id: en-adulator-la-verb-KkTFRWYm Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension, Latin terms suffixed with -tor, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 22 78 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -tor: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 84
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