adulor

Latin

Etymology

From ad- +‎ *ūlos (“tail”), which is from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“hair”), see also Lithuanian valai (“horsehair of the tail”) and Sanskrit वाल (vā́la). The original sense described the wagging of a tail like a fawning dog. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈduː.lor/, [äˈd̪uːɫ̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈdu.lor/, [äˈd̪uːlor]

Verb

adūlor (present infinitive adūlārī, perfect active adūlātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. to fawn upon
2. to flatter or court
3. to make obeisance to

Usage notes

This verb has a regularised form, adūlō.

Conjugation

Conjugation of adūlor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	adūlor	adūlāris, adūlāre	adūlātur	adūlāmur	adūlāminī	adūlantur
	imperfect	adūlābar	adūlābāris, adūlābāre	adūlābātur	adūlābāmur	adūlābāminī	adūlābantur
	future	adūlābor	adūlāberis, adūlābere	adūlābitur	adūlābimur	adūlābiminī	adūlābuntur
	perfect	adūlātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	adūlātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	adūlātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	adūler	adūlēris, adūlēre	adūlētur	adūlēmur	adūlēminī	adūlentur
	imperfect	adūlārer	adūlārēris, adūlārēre	adūlārētur	adūlārēmur	adūlārēminī	adūlārentur
	perfect	adūlātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	adūlātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	adūlāre	—	—	adūlāminī	—
	future	—	adūlātor	adūlātor	—	—	adūlantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		adūlārī	adūlātum esse	adūlātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		adūlāns	adūlātus	adūlātūrus	—	—	adūlandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		adūlandī	adūlandō	adūlandum	adūlandō	adūlātum	adūlātū

Derived terms

• adūlābilis
• adūlāns
• adūlātiō
• adūlātor
• adūlātrīx

 

Descendants

• English: adulate
• French: aduler
• Italian: adulare
• Portuguese: adular
• Spanish: adular

References

• “adulor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “adulor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• adulor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.