odorus

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

ŏdōrus, a, um, adj. [odor], emitting a scent or odor, odorous (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose for odoratus).

I Lit.

A Sweet-smelling , fragrant : flos, Ov. M. 9, 87: arbor, i. e. myrrha, id. A. A. 1, 287: res, Varr. L. L. 6, § 83 Müll. dub.— Comp. : odorius, Plin. 20, 17, 69, § 177.— Sup. : nardum Syriacum odorissimum, Isid. 17, 9, 3.—

B Ill-smelling , stinking (post-class.): lumen odorum Sulfure, Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 324.

II Transf., that tracks by the smell , keenscented : odora canum vis (= copia odororum canum), pack of sharp-scented hounds , Verg. A. 4, 132.

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