adulor

Latin

Etymology

From ad- +‎ *ūlos (“tail”), which is from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“hair”), see also Lithuanian valai (“horsehair of the tail”) and Sanskrit वाल (vā́la). The original sense described the wagging of a tail like a fawning dog.

Pronunciation

Verb

adūlor (present infinitive adūlārī, perfect active adūlātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

  1. to fawn upon
  2. to flatter or court
  3. to make obeisance to

Usage notes

This verb has a regularised form, adūlō.

Conjugation
   Conjugation of adūlor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present adūlor adūlāris,
adūlāre		 adūlātur adūlāmur adūlāminī adūlantur
imperfect adūlābar adūlābāris,
adūlābāre		 adūlābātur adūlābāmur adūlābāminī adūlābantur
future adūlābor adūlāberis,
adūlābere		 adūlābitur adūlābimur adūlābiminī adūlābuntur
perfect adūlātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect adūlātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect adūlātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present adūler adūlēris,
adūlēre		 adūlētur adūlēmur adūlēminī adūlentur
imperfect adūlārer adūlārēris,
adūlārēre		 adūlārētur adūlārēmur adūlārēminī adūlārentur
perfect adūlātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect adūlātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — adūlāre — — adūlāminī —
future — adūlātor adūlātor — — adūlantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives adūlārī adūlātum esse adūlātūrum esse — — —
participles adūlāns adūlātus adūlātūrus — — adūlandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
adūlandī adūlandō adūlandum adūlandō adūlātum adūlātū

Derived terms

Descendants
  • English: adulate
  • French: aduler
  • Italian: adulare
  • Portuguese: adular
  • Spanish: adular

References
  • “adulor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “adulor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • adulor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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