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assentātĭo (ads-), ōnis, f. [assentor].

  1. I. A flattering assent, flattery, adulation: istaec illum perdidit adsentatio, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 7: nullam in amicitiis pestem esse majorem quam adulationem, blanditiam, adsentationem, Cic. Lael. 25, 94: adsentationes, blanditiae et pejor odio amoris simulatio, Plin. Pan. 85: Graeci diuturnā servitute ad nimiam adsentationem eruditi, Cic. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 5: se blanditiis et adsentationibus in Asinii consuetudinem penitus immersit, id. Clu. 13: inflatus adsentationibus, Liv. 24, 6 al.
  2. II. Rarely in a good sense, approbation, assent, Vell. 2, 128: ad neutram partem adsentationem flectere, Petr. 17.

assentātĭuncŭla (ads-), ae, f. dim. [assentatio], petty, trivial flattery: adsentatiunculae ac perjuratiunculae parasiticae, * Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 75: non vereor, ne adsentatiunculā quādam aucupari tuam gratiam videar, * Cic. Fam. 5, 12.

assentātor (ads-), ōris, m. [assentor], one who assents flatteringly, a flatterer (most freq. in Cic.).

  1. I. 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 poëta Dives agris, * Hor. A. P. 420.
  2. II. Trop.: non auctor, sed adsentator mali, one who connives at, Tert. adv. Herm. 10.

* assentātōrĭē (ads-), adv. [assentor], in a flattering manner, fawningly: dubitare te, non adsentatorie (i. e. non tibi indulgens), sed fraterne veto, Cic. ad Q. Fr. 2, 15, 6, 3.

* assentātrix (ads-), īcis, f. [assentator], a female flatterer: adsentatrix scelestast, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 100.