scent (v.) Copy link Outline I. To perceive by the smellII. To make fragrant • scent (v.): I. To perceive by the smell: ŏdōror. 1: hounds s. everything, canes venatici omnia odorantur, Cic. Verr. 4, 13, 21: to s. anybody out by his footsteps, vestigiis o. ingressus alicujus, id. Pis. 34, 83. v. smell. II. To make fragrant: ŏdōro, 1: it (the plant) colours and s.s the honey, mella colorat odoratque, Col. 9, 4: to s. the air, o. aera, Ov. M. 15, 734: v. perfume. (Or by circuml., odoribus perfundere, imbuere: cf. Hor. Od. 1, 5, 2.)