odorifer

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ŏdōrĭfer, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [odor-fero], bringing or spreading odors, fragrant, odoriferous (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

I Lit.: panacea, Verg. A. 12, 419: flores, Sil. 16, 309.—

B Producing perfumes or spices : gens odorifera, i. e. Persae, Ov. M. 4, 209: Arabia, Plin. 5, 11, 12, § 65.—

II Prop., sweet , flattering , precious : non habemus ista odorifera, Sen. Ep. 33, 2: fructus sanctae religionis, Ambros. Spirit. Sanct. 2, 5, 40.

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