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assentātor (ads- ), ōris, m. assentor,
I.one who assents flatteringly, a flatterer (most freq. in Cic.).
I. 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.—
II. Trop.: “non auctor, sed adsentator mali,” one who connives at, Tert. adv. Herm. 10.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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