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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		adūlārī			—			adūlāns			—
future		adūlātūrum esse			—			adūlātūrus			adūlandus
perfect		adūlātum esse			—			adūlātus			—
future perfect		adūlātum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		adūlātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
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.