noun

assĕcla

gen. assĕclae · gender common · decl. 1st

(, B. and K., Jahn; , Halm), , acc. to Charis. p. 37 P. (but examples are found only in

a follower; an attendant; servant ••

masc.) [assequor], a follower, an attendant, servant, sycophant (with the accessory idea of contempt, different from assectator; cf. Ruhnk. ad Vell. 2, 83): assentatores eorum atque adseculae, Cic. Corn. Fragm. ap. Orell. IV. 2, p. 453: legatorum adseculae, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 25: cum adseculae suo tetrarchian dedisset, id. Div. 2, 37, 79; id. Sest. 64 fin. Orell. (ed. min.); id. Att. 6, 3, 6: assecla praetoris, Nep. Att. 6, 4: adseculae, Juv. 9, 48 dub. Jahn.

Perseus ID: n4007 Key: assecla