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adulari

adulari [CL] , a to fawn, wag. b to flatter. c (fig.). a s870 leporarius ‥ regi ~ante cauda applaudere satagebat M. Par. Maj. I 394.  b 717 per blandimenta adolantium verborum Bonif. Ep. 9; quid alium arguit adulationis qui sibimet ~atur? J. Sal. Pol. 485A; dici Serlo miser merui, non Serlo magister; / sic scit adulari scola discola mosque sinister Serlo Wilt. 77. 2; non habet causas mentiendi, id est ~andi, mendicandi, familiaritatem potentum adquirendi Gir. GE II 22.  c vultuque sereno / tempus adulatur pelago Vinsauf PN 811.

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