adulor
Latin
Etymology
From ad- + *ulos (“tail”), which is from Proto-Indo-European *ul- (“tail”), 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
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈduː.lor/, [aˈduː.ɫɔr]
Verb
adūlor (present infinitive adūlārī, perfect active adūlātus sum); first conjugation, deponent
- I fawn upon
- I flatter or court
- I make obeisance to
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 | adūlātus esse | adūlātūrus esse | — | — | — | |
| participles | adūlāns | adūlātus | adūlātūrus | — | — | adūlandus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| adūlandī | adūlandō | adūlandum | adūlandō | adūlātum | adūlātū | ||
Derived terms
- adūlābilis
- adūlāns
- adūlātiō
- adūlātor
- adūlātrīx
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