Definition of assentator, adsentator
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LNS
assentātor, assentātōris
(adsentātor, adsentātōris)
assentor, adsento
noun (m., 3rd declension)
  1. one who assents flatteringly, a flatterer
Abbreviations
assentātor (ads-), ōris, m. assentor, one who assents flatteringly, a flatterer (most freq. in Cic.). Lit.: semper auget adsentator id, quod is, cujus ad voluntatem loquitur, vult esse magnum, Cic. Lael. 26, 98: ita fit, ut is adsentatoribus patefaciat aures suas maxime, qui ipse sibi adsentetur et se maxime ipse delectet, id. ib. 26, 97; id. Off. 1, 14, 42; 1, 26, 91; 2, 18, 63; id. Caecin. 5, 14: Adsentatores jubet ad lucrum ire poeta Dives agris, * Hor. A. P. 420.

— Trop.: non auctor, sed adsentator mali, one who connives at, Tert. adv. Herm. 10.
 
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