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“flattery” in Latin
adūlātiōfawning; flattery; adulationassentātiōassent; flattery, adulationambitiōA going around or about; that which surrounds.; A desire for one's favor or good will; excessive desire to please, flattblanditiaflattery, compliment; caress; charmblandīmentumblandishment, flattery; allure, charmassentātĭuncŭlapetty
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
flattery
adulatio: assentatio [SYN. in To FLATTER]: ambitio (the soliciting anybody’s favor): blanditiae (sweet words, caresses, coaxing). (The words are found in this connection and order.) blanditiae et assentationes (Cic., Cluent., 13, 36): blandimentum (the means by which anybody endeavors to obtain another’s favor). DIMINUTIVE assentatiuncula. Low or base flattery, blanditiae verniles (such as slaves use toward their masters; Tac., Hist., 2, 59, 4): without flattery, dicam enim non reverens assentandi suspicionem (i. e., I say it without fearing the suspicion of flattery, parenthetically, Cic., De Or., 2, 28, 122); ambitione relegata (Hor., Sat., 1, 10, 84): by way of flattery, assentandi causa; per adulationem or assentationem: by flattery, per blanditias: to listen to flattery, adulatoribus patefacere aures: deceived by flattery, eblanditus (passively, Cic., though from deponent eblandiri, Krebs).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for flattery?
- The usual Latin words for “flattery” are adūlātiō, assentātiō, ambitiō; also blanditia, blandīmentum, assentātĭuncŭla. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.