assentor (ads-; v. assentior init.), ātus, 1, v. freq. [irreg. for adsensor, from assentior],
lit., to join one in judgment or opinion (opp. adversor); hence, always to assent , to agree with one in every thing, to flatter (in the class. per. only in prose); with dat.: Etiam tu quoque adsentaris huice? Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 70; cf. assentatrix: (callidus adulator) etiam adversando saepe adsentetur et litigare se simulans blandiatur, etc., Cic. Lael. 26, 99; Vell. 2, 48: tibi adsentabor, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 89: Negat quis? nego: ait? aio. Postremo imperavi egomet mihi, Omnia adsentari, Ter. Eun. 253; so id. Ad. 270; 988; id. Eun. 490: ita fuit, ut is adsentatoribus patefaciat aures suas maxime, qui ipse sibi adsentetur et se maxime delectet, Cic. Lael. 26, 97: ut nihil nobis adsentati esse videamur, id. Ac. 2 ( Luc. ), 14, 45: quia mihi ipse adsentor fortasse, id. Fam. 3, 11: Baiae tibi assentantur, flatters you , i. e. endeavors to ingratiate itself into your favor by its sanative powers , id. ib. 9, 12: adsentante majore convivarum parte, Just. 12, 6: cui ergo consilio adsentabimur? Tert. Exhort. ad Cast. 4.