smelling (adj.) Copy link Outline I. Smelling sweetlyII. S.ing ill1. ŏlĭdus2. grăveŏlens, entisIII. S.ing strongly1. grăvis, e g. hircus, Hor.2. grăveŏlens, entis • smelling (adj.): I. Smelling sweetly: suāvis, suāveŏlens, ŏlens (oftener used in bad sense), ŏdōrātus, ŏdōrĭfer, ŏdōrus: v. fragrant, sweet. Also frāgrans, Virg.: Cat.: bene olidus, Col. Phr.. all sorts of sweet-s.ing flowers, omnis copia narium, Hor. Od. 2, 15, 6. II. S.ing ill: 1. ŏlĭdus: o. capra, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 29: o. senex, Suet. Tib. 45: o. vulpes, Mart. 10, 37, 13: v. rank. 2. grăveŏlens, entis: fauces g. Averni, Virg. Aen. 6, 201: App. de Mundo, p. 74: cf. foetidus (v. fetid), foedus, tēter (v. foul, adj. I.), pūtĭdus, rancĭdus (v. rancid, stinking). III. S.ing strongly: 1. grăvis, e g. hircus, Hor.: see also rank. 2. grăveŏlens, entis: strong-s.ing centaury, g. centaurea, Virg. G. 4, 270: v. pungent. (N.B.--May be expr. also by gen. of odor with adj.: e. g. a pungent s.ing herb, herba odoris asperi [v. smell, subs., III. 1]: a most sweet-s.ing root, radix suavissimi odoris, Plin. 25, 9, 64, § 110.)