scent (subs.) Copy link Outline I. The sense of smell1. ŏdōrātus, ūs2. săgācĭtas (keenness of s.; applied to dogs)II. Fragrancy • scent (subs.): I. The sense of smell: 1. ŏdōrātus, ūs: v. smell. 2. săgācĭtas (keenness of s.; applied to dogs): the keen s. of dogs in pursuing the game, canum ad investigandum s. narium, Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 158. II. Fragrancy: ŏdor (any smell; hence requiring some adjunct to denote a pleasant smell): a pleasant s., o. suavis et jucundus, Cic. Verr. 3, 9, 23: to scatter s.s around, spargere odores, Hor. Od. 2, 15, 7: to inhale a s. greedily, o. avide trahere naribus, Phaedr. 3, 1, 3: the fragrance of the s.s which are exhaled by flowers, suavitas odorum qui afflantur ex floribus, Cic. Sen. 17, 59: the s. of gain is pleasant, lucri bonus o., Juv. 14, 204: Cic.: v. perfume. Fig.: there is some s. of a dictatorship, est o. dictaturae, Cic. Att. 4, 16. Phr.: to have a keen s., sagacem nasum habere, Pl. Curc. 1, 2, 18: dolphins have a very keen s., delphini sagacissime olfaciunt, Plin. 11, 37, 50: a pack of hounds of keen s., odora canum vis, Virg. Aen. 4, 132 (v. keen-scented): to get s. of the money, numum olfacere. Cic. Agr. 1, 4, 11: she has got s. of your purse, oboluit marsupium huic, Pl. Men. 2, 3, 33 (38): has my father got s. of it? numquid subolet patri? Ter. Ph. 3, 1, 10: the sweet s. of ointment, spiritus unguenti suavis, Lucr. 3, 223: the whole realm of s.s, omnis copia narium, Hor. Od. 2, 15, 6: gardens laden with the s. of flowers, halantes floribus horti, Virg. G. 4, 109.