ŏdōro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [odor],
I to give a smell or fragrance to , to perfume a thing (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.: oleo, fragro): odorant aëra fumis, Ov. M. 15, 734: mella, Col. 9, 4, 4: caelum sulfure, Avien. Arat. 1430.
II —Hence, ŏdōrātus , a, um, P. a., that has a smell , that emits an odor; esp., sweet-smelling , fragrant : quid tibi odorato referam sudantia ligno Balsama? Verg. G. 2, 119: cedrus, id. A. 7, 13: pabula, Col. 8, 17, 1: capilli, Hor. C. 3, 20, 14: comae, Ov. A. A. 2, 734: nectare odorato spargit corpus, id. M. 4, 250: odoratis ignibus, id. ib. 15, 574: Indi, in whose country sweetsmelling spices grow , Sil. 17, 658: Armenii, Tib. 1, 5, 36: dux, the prince of the Parthians or Assyrians , who border on Arabia , Prop. 4 (5), 3, 64.— Comp. : vina mustis odoratiora, Plin. 21, 7, 18, § 35.— Sup. : odoratissimi flores, Plin. 28, 8, 28, § 108.