olidus

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

ŏlĭdus, a, um, adj. [oleo],

smelling , emitting a smell (mostly post-Aug.): vasa picata bene olida, Col. 12, 17: bene olidae amphorae, id. 12, 38, 4.—Of a bad smell, stinking , rank : olida capra, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 29: praesaepia, Juv. 8, 157: senex, Suet. Tib. 45: vulpes, Mart. 10, 37, 13: aures, Plin. 25, 5, 18, § 40.— Sup. : basia olidissima, Petr. 21.

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