ădūlātĭo — Lewis & Short
ădūlātĭo, ōnis, f.adulor,
I a fawning, like that of a dog (adulatio est blandimentum proprie canum, quod et ad homines tractum consuetudine est, Non. 17, 4).—In the post-Aug. historians, esp. in Tac., very freq. for a servile respect exhibited by bowing the body = adoratio.
I Lit.:
canum tam fida custodia tamque amans dominorum adulatio,Cic. N. D. 2, 63.—So of doves, a billing, Plin. 10, 34, 52, § 104.—Of men toward animals, Col. 6, 2, 5.—
II Fig., low, cringing flattery, adulation:
in amicitiis nullam pestem esse majorem quam adulationem, blanditiam, assentationem,Cic. Lael. 25, 91:
pars altera regiae adulationis (i. e. adulatorum) erat,Liv. 42, 30:
humi jacentium adulationes,id. 9, 18; cf. Curt. 8, 6; so Tac. A. 1, 13, 14; 2, 32; 3, 2; 4, 6; 5, 7; 15, 59; id. G. 8, etc.; Suet. Aug. 53; Plin. Pan. 41, 3 al.