assectator

assectātor ( ads- ), ōris, m. [id.], he that is in attendance upon any one ( as friend, servant, client, etc.), a follower, an attendant (in a good sense, while assecla is used in a contemptuous sense).

I.

Lit.:

vetus adsectator ex numero amicorum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 11:

cum comitatu adsectatoribusque,

id. Balb. 27 fin.: hujus autem rei (sc. adsectationis) tres partes sunt: una salutatorum, cum domum veniunt;

altera deductorum, tertia adsectatorum,

who are always in attendance upon the candidates, Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9 al.:

cancer dapis adsectator,

Plin. 9, 42, 66, § 142.—

II.

Trop., a disciple:

sapientiae, i. e. philosophus,

Plin. 8, 17, 21, § 59:

eloquentiae,

id. 29, 1, 5, § 8:

dicendi,

id. 20, 14, 57, § 160:

auditor adsectatorque Protagorae,

Gell. 5, 10, 7.