flatter Copy link Outline 1. ădūlor, less freq. ădūlo, 1 (usu. with acc.; also dat., esp. in latter writers2. assentor, 1 (strictly, to fall in with every thing a man says3. blandior, 4 (in a winning manner; with fair speeches4. palpor, 1 (strictly, by caressing5. mulceo, 2 • flatter: 1. ădūlor, less freq. ădūlo, 1 (usu. with acc.; also dat., esp. in latter writers: strictly, to fawn upon, as a dog): to f. everybody, omnes adulari, Cic.: he f.'d those present, praesentibus adulatus est, Liv. In pass. (rare): we must beware of letting ourselves be f.'d, cavendum est ne nos adulari sinamus, Cic. Off. 1, 26, 91. 2. assentor, 1 (strictly, to fall in with every thing a man says: cf. Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 21: with dat.): he most opens his ears to flatterers who f.s himself, is assentatoribus patefacit aures suas maxime, qui ipsi sibi a., Cic. Am. 26, 97: to f. with looks, vultu a., Curt. 3. blandior, 4 (in a winning manner; with fair speeches: with dat.): pleasure sweetly (insinuatingly) f.s our senses, voluptas suaviter sensibus nostris b., Cic. Acad. 2, 45, 139: they openly f. our order, nostro ordini palam blandiuntur, Pl. Cist. 1, 1, 35. 4. palpor, 1 (strictly, by caressing: with dat.): to f. any one clumsily, alicui male p., Hor. S. 2, 1, 20. 5. mulceo, 2: v. to soothe. (N.B. The pass. is usu. best expr. by inverting the sentence: he was f.'d by every body, *omnes eum adulabantur, etc.)