different between flatterer vs assentator

English

Etymology

From Middle English flaterere, equivalent to flatter +? -er.

Noun

flatterer (plural flatterers)

1. One who flatters.

Related terms

• flatteress

Translations

English

Etymology

Latin, from assentari (“to assent constantly”).

Noun

assentator (plural assentators)

1. An obsequious flatterer.

Latin

Alternative forms

• adsent?tor

Etymology

From assentor +? -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /as.sen?ta?.tor/, [äs???n??t?ä?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /as.sen?ta.tor/, [?s??n??t???t??r]

Noun

assent?tor m (genitive assent?t?ris, feminine assent?tr?x); third declension

1. yes man
2. flatterer, toady

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Verb

assent?tor

1. second-person singular future active imperative of assentor
2. third-person singular future active imperative of assentor

References

• assentator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• assentator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• assentator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.