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assentātĭo (ads- ), ōnis, f. assentor.
I. A flattering assent, flattery, adulation: “istaec illum perdidit adsentatio,” Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 7: “nullam in amicitiis pestem esse majorem quam adulationem, blanditiam, adsentationem,” Cic. Lael. 25, 94: “adsentationes, blanditiae et pejor odio amoris simulatio,” Plin. Pan. 85: “Graeci diuturnā servitute ad nimiam adsentationem eruditi,” Cic. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 5: “se blanditiis et adsentationibus in Asinii consuetudinem penitus immersit,” id. Clu. 13: “inflatus adsentationibus,” Liv. 24, 6 al.—
II. Rarely in a good sense, approbation, assent, Vell. 2, 128: “ad neutram partem adsentationem flectere,” Petr. 17.
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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (4):
    • Cicero, For Aulus Cluentius, 13
    • Plautus, Bacchides, 3.3
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 24, 6
    • Cicero, De Amicitia, 25
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