adulo

ădūlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (a rare form for adulor; hence Prisc. 791 P. ranks this form, as an exception, among the other active forms of the deponents, adipiscor, admiror, auxilior, etc.; cf. Don. p. 1756 P. and Ars Consent. p. 2054 P.),

• to fawn like a dog: (canes) gannitu vocis adulant, Lucr. 5, 1070: caudā nostrum adulat sanguinem (the eagle), strokes, i.e. wipes off our blood, Cic. poët. ap. Tusc. 2, 10, 24, as trans. of Aeschyl. Prometh. Solut.: Dionysium, Val. Max. 4, 3, ext. 4.—Pass., to be flattered nec adulari nos sinamus, Cic. Off. 1, 26, 91: tribunus militum adulandus erat, Val. Max. 2, 7, 15: adulati erant ab amicis, Cass. ap. Prisc. p. 791 P.

adūlo, āvī, ātum, āre, an etw. anstreicheln, I) eig., v. Adler, der des Prometheus Leber fraß, pinnatā caudā nostrum adulat sanguinem, streichelnd wischt er mein Blut mit dem Federschweif ab, Acc. tr. 390¹. – v. liebkosenden Anschmiegen, Schmeicheln der Hunde, Lucr. 5, 1068. – u. vom Wasser, gleichs. die Ufer sanft wogend streicheln = sanft bespülen, Stat. Theb. 9, 324. Avien. descr. orb. 338 u. 571. – II) übtr.: a) jmdm. kriechend od. höfisch schmeicheln, jmdm. den Hof machen, bei jmd. den Speichellecker machen, alqm, Auson. grat. act. (VIII) 3, 13. p. 21, 19 Schenkl. Cl. Mam. pan. Iulian. 19, 4. Anthol. Lat. 1367 M.: im Passiv, adulati erant ab amicis et adhortati, Cass. Hemin. b. Prisc. 8, 15 (b. Cic. de off. 1, 91 ist nos Objekt). – b) prägn., schmeichelnd anreden, sic adulant mit folg. dir. Rede, Apul. met. 5, 14.

ădūlō, (16) āvī, ātum, āre, [arch. et rare], v. adulor : Acc. Tr. 390 ; Lucr. 5, 1068 ; Apul. M. 5, 14 ; Aus. Grat. 13.

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adūlō —, —, āre,

• to fawn upon: sanguinem, to wipe off fawningly, Acc. ap. C.