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.
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.)
SCENT Copy link • SCENT 1. s. The power of smell, odoratio (perception by means of the olfactory nerves): odoratus (sense or faculty of smelling): ☞ olfactus instead of odoratus and odor are poetical only. The exhalation of anything, odor, odor (general term, both good or bad smell): nidor (κνίσσα): spiritus (e.g., of flowers; to live on the scent of flowers, spiritu florum naribus hausto victitare): anhelitus (of spirits). A bad scent, odor malus or teter; odor foedus: foetor (the latter, stronger terms). A pleasant or agreeable scent, odor suavis: suavitas odoris: a strong scent, odor gravis: to have a scent, odorem habere, praestare, emittere (poetically, spargere, spirare, diffundere): to have a fine scent, bene or jucunde olere: to have a bad scent, male olere; foetere. The agreeable scent of flowers, suavitas odorum, qui afflantur e floribus: to have a scent of such and such a thing (= to smell like so and so), olere or redolere. Anything loses its scent, alicujus rei odor non permanet integer (after Col., 12, 51 [49], 3): without scent, odore carens: ex aliqua re odor non afflatur or odores non afflantur: to be without scent, nihil olere (to smell of nothing). (Of dogs), sagacitas: a dog of good scent, canis sagax, or canis vestigator. To follow the scent, [Vid: To SCENT]: to be on the scent, odoratu sentire aliquid, odorari aliquid (PROP.); odorare, sentire (figuratively): to put upon a wrong scent, a recta via abducere (PROP.); inducere aliquem in errorem (figuratively): to get on the wrong scent, deflectere a via (PROP.); errare (figuratively). To get scent of anything; e.g., that there is money somewhere, nummos olfacere (as Cic., Rull., 1, 4, 11). Should not I have got scent of this six whole months ago, when, etc., non sex totis mensibus prius olfecissem cum, etc. (Ter., Ad., 3, 3, 42): ☞ olet or subolet alicui aliquid comic only. 2. v. Transitively, To perceive by the smell, odorari: olfacere (to inhale any scent so as to have the olfactory nerves affected by it; hence to perceive = to get or have a scent of anything [Vid. 3. substantive): conceptum odorem sectari (PROP., of dogs, to follow the scent †); also, alicujus or alicujus rei vestigia persequi, or persequi aliquem or aliquid simply. To imbue with odor, odoribus imbuere or perfundere (to perfume): unguento perfricare (by way of anointing): to be scented, unguenta olere (to smell of scent or perfume): unguentis affluere (all over): to scent one’s self, se odoribus imbuere (general term); se ungere: caput et os suum unguento perfricare (with unguents): to scent with anything, suffire aliqua re; e.g., thymo [Vid: To FUMIGATE]: scented, odoratus. To perfume, Vid: SCENT-BOX, vasculum olfactorium (Isidorus, 19, 31, extr.).