assentator

English

Etymology

Latin , from assentari (to assent constantly).

Noun

assentator (plural assentators)

  1. An obsequious flatterer.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for assentator in
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)


Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From assentor + -tor.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /as.senˈtaː.tor/, [as.sɛnˈtaː.tɔr]

Noun

assentātor m (genitive assentātōris); third declension

  1. yes man
  2. flatterer, toady

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative assentātor assentātōrēs
Genitive assentātōris assentātōrum
Dative assentātōrī assentātōribus
Accusative assentātōrem assentātōrēs
Ablative assentātōre assentātōribus
Vocative assentātor assentātōrēs

Verb

assentātor

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

References

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