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assentātor | ads- (noun M) : (), , assentor
* One who assents flatteringly, a flatterer (most freq. in Cic.).
* Lit.: semper auget adsentator id, quod is, cujus ad voluntatem loquitur, vult esse magnum,Cic. Lael. 26, 98: ita fit, ut is adsentatoribus patefaciat aures suas maxime, qui ipse sibi adsentetur et se maxime ipse delectet,id. ib. 26, 97; id. Off. 1, 14, 42; 1, 26, 91; 2, 18, 63; id. Caecin. 5, 14: Adsentatores jubet ad lucrum ire poëta Dives agris, * Hor. A. P. 420.
* Trop.: non auctor, sed adsentator mali,one who connives at,Tert. adv. Herm. 10.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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