fētĭdus (faet-, foet-), a, um, adj. [feteo].
I Prop., that has an ill smell , stinking , fetid : anima fetida, Plaut. Merc. 3, 3, 13; cf.: cum isto ore fetido teterrimam nobis popinam inhalasses, Cic. Pis. 6, 13: corpus, Suet. Ner. 51: pisces, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 33.— Comp. : dejectiones, Cels. 3, 2.—
II Fig., foul , disgusting : libido, Prud. στεφ. 2, 245.—Of heresy ( sup. ): fetidissimus fons, Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 7, 11 fin.