adulator

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adūlātor.

Noun

adulator (plural adulators)

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

Translations

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

adūlor (“to fawn upon, flatter”) +‎ -tor

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /a.duːˈlaː.tor/, [äd̪uːˈɫ̪äːt̪ɔr]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.duˈla.tor/, [äd̪uˈläːt̪or]

Noun

adūlātor m (genitive adūlātōris); third declension

  1. a low cringing flatterer; a sycophant

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative adūlātor adūlātōrēs
Genitive adūlātōris adūlātōrum
Dative adūlātōrī adūlātōribus
Accusative adūlātōrem adūlātōrēs
Ablative adūlātōre adūlātōribus
Vocative adūlātor adūlātōrēs

Derived terms

Descendants

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

Borrowed from Latin adūlātor. First attested in 1560.

Noun

adulåtor m

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

Declension
Attested forms of adulåtor
singular plural
nominative adulåtor —
genitive — —
dative — —
accusative — —
instrumental — —
locative — —
vocative — —
noun

References
  • “adulator”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish], 2010-2022
  • adulator in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Romanian

Etymology

From French adulateur.

Noun

adulator m (plural adulatori, feminine equivalent adulatoare)

  1. worshiper

Declension
Declension of adulator
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) adulator adulatorul (niște) adulatori adulatorii
genitive/dative (unui) adulator adulatorului (unor) adulatori adulatorilor
vocative adulatorule adulatorilor
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