I.he that is in attendance upon any one (as friend, servant, client, etc.), a follower, an attendant (in a good sense, while assecla is used in a contemptuous sense).
I. Lit.: “vetus adsectator ex numero amicorum,” Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 11: “cum comitatu adsectatoribusque,” id. Balb. 27 fin.: hujus autem rei (sc. adsectationis) tres partes sunt: una salutatorum, cum domum veniunt; “altera deductorum, tertia adsectatorum,” who are always in attendance upon the candidates, Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9 al.: “cancer dapis adsectator,” Plin. 9, 42, 66, § 142.—
II. Trop., a disciple: “sapientiae, i. e. philosophus,” Plin. 8, 17, 21, § 59: “eloquentiae,” id. 29, 1, 5, § 8: “dicendi,” id. 20, 14, 57, § 160: “auditor adsectatorque Protagorae,” Gell. 5, 10, 7.
