αυλοκόλακας

Greek

Etymology

from αυλή (avlí, “court”) and κόλακας (kólakas, “flatterer, bootlicker”)

Noun

αυλοκόλακας • (avlokólakas) m (plural αυλοκόλακες)

1. obsequious person (especially at court) :
   1. toady, flatterer, lickspittle, bootlicker
   2. (vulgar) brown noser, arse-kisser

Declension

Declension of αυλοκόλακας

	singular	plural
nominative	αυλοκόλακας •	αυλοκόλακες •
genitive	αυλοκόλακα •	αυλοκολάκων •
accusative	αυλοκόλακα •	αυλοκόλακες •
vocative	αυλοκόλακα •	αυλοκόλακες •

Related terms

• see: αυλή f (avlí, “courtyard, court”)

Further reading

• “αυλοκόλακας”, in Platform to search dictionaries of modern and medieval Greek at the Centre for the Greek language