smell (v.) Copy link Outline A. Trans.I. Lit.1. olfăcio, fēci, factum, 32. olfacto, 13. ŏdōror, 1II. Fig.B. Intrans.1. ŏleo, ŏlui, 2 (constr. absol. or with acc.2. rĕdŏleo, ui, 2 (like oleo in constr.3. ŏbŏleo, 2 (to s. strong, stink)4. pĕrŏleo, 2 (to emit a penetrating odour)5. fragro, 1 (usu. with abl. of the thing)6. hālo, 17. spīro, 18. săpio, īvi or ii, 3 (rare in this sense)9. expr. by odor with verb10. foeteo, pūteo, 2, etc. • smell (v.): A. Trans. I. Lit.: To perceive by the nose, smell at, examine by smelling, smell out, detect by smelling: 1. olfăcio, fēci, factum, 3: to s. anything, aliquid o., Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 111. 2. olfacto, 1: to s. at a dress, o. vestimentum, Pl. Men. 1, 2, 56: to s. at a branch of penny-royal, pulegii ramum o., Plin. 20, 14, 54, § 155. 3. ŏdōror, 1: I will go and s. out like a hound, ibo odorans quasi canis venaticus, Pl. Mil. 2, 2, 113: cf. cibum o., Hor. Epod. 6, 10. Join (fig.): indagare et odorari aliquid, Cic. Verr. 2, 54, 135. Phr.: to s. at a nosegay, fasciculum ad nares admovere, Cic. Tusc. 3, 18, 43: cf. ducere naribus tura, Hor. Od. 4, 1, 21. II. Fig.: olfăcio: or should I not have smelt him out six entire months, before he attempted any such project, aut non sex totis mensibus prius olfecissem quam ille quicquam coeperet, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 42: to s. out money, o. nummum, Cic. Agr. 1, 4, 11. Phr.: to s. out the bribery of Staienus, odore suspicionis Staienum corruptum esse sentire, Cic. Clu. 27, 73: she has smelt your purse, marsupium huic oboluit, Pl. Men. 2, 3, 33: my wife now s.s out my design, subolet hoc jam uxori quod ego machinor, ib. 2, 3, 59: v. TO TRACK OUT, SCENT OUT, detect, find out. B. Intrans.: to emit a s., or to s. of: 1. ŏleo, ŏlui, 2 (constr. absol. or with acc.: less freq. with abl. of the thing): women seemed to s. well, because they smelt of nothing (i. e. had no perfumes), mulieres ideo bene olere, quia nihil olebant, videbantur, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 1: to s. well, bene olere (v. supr.): jucunde o., Plin. 20, 17, 69, § 177: to s. ill, male o., Plaut.: he s.s of perfumes, olet unguenta, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 37: to s. of sulphur, o. sulphure, Ov. M. 5, 405. Also in fig. sense (v. to smack, B. II. 3: to betray, II. 3). 2. rĕdŏleo, ui, 2 (like oleo in constr.: lit. and fig.: v. to smack, B. II. 4). 3. ŏbŏleo, 2 (to s. strong, stink): you s. of garlic, oboluisti allium, Pl. Most. 1, 1, 38: v. to stink. 4. pĕrŏleo, 2 (to emit a penetrating odour): Lucr. 6, 1153. 5. fragro, 1 (usu. with abl. of the thing): you always s. of casia and cinnamon, semper casiaque cinnamoque fragras, Mart. 6, 55, 1, and pass. Also of unpleasant odours: that you may not s. offensively of yesterday's wine, ne gravis hesterno fragres vino, id. 1, 87, 1: but gen. found in pres. part.: v. smelling (adj.) 6. hālo, 1: v. to exhale (2), fragrance. 7. spīro, 1: whether the cinnamon s. flat, seu spirent cinnama surdum, Pers. 6, 35: plenty of strong-s.ing savory, graviter spirantis copia thymbrae, Virg. G. 4, 31. 8. săpio, īvi or ii, 3 (rare in this sense): to s. of perfumes, unguenta s.: Plin. 17, 5, 3, § 38: cf. Pl. Ps. 2, 4, 47. 9. expr. by odor with verb: e. g., jactare odorem, Virg. G. 2, 132: spirare o., id. Aen. 1, 407 (404): spargere o., Hor. Od. 2, 15, 7: reddere odorem, Plin. 36, 23, 55 § 177. 10. foeteo, pūteo, 2, etc.: v. to stink. Phr.: the scent s.s strong, odor nares opplet, Varr. R. R. 3, 4, extr.: whose breath s.s rank, cui os oleat, Ulp. Dig.: cf. anima foetet, Pl. As. 5, 2, 44.
smell Copy link Outline I. The sense of smell1. ŏdōrātus, ūs, m.2. olfactus, ūs, m.II. The act of s.ing1. ŏdōrātio, ōnis, f.2. ŏdōrātus, ūs, m.3. olfactus, ūs, m.III. Scent, odour1. ŏdos (or ŏdor), ōris, m.2. nīdor, ōris, m. (κνῖσα, the scent or steam of anything roast, boiled or burnt)3. spīrĭtus, ūs, m.4. hālĭtus, ūs, m.5. ănhēlĭtus, ūs, m. (of spirit, wine, etc.)6. aura (poet.)7. grăveŏlentia (a rank s.) • smell, smelling (subs.): I. The sense of smell: 1. ŏdōrātus, ūs, m.: there is no need to speak about taste and s., nihil necesse est de gustatu et o. loqui, Cic. Acad. 2, 7, 20: insects have eyes, some even have s., insecta habent oculos, aliqua et o., Plin. 11, 4, 3, § 10. 2. olfactus, ūs, m.: it is plainly evident that fishes have s., piscibus olfactum esse manifeste patet, Plin. 10, 70, 90, § 194. Phr.: keenness of s., sagacitas narium, Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158: also sagacitas canum, simply, Plin. 9, 30, 48, § 92 (v. to smell, A., I., 1.): the keen s. (or scent) of dogs, odora canum vis, Virg. Aen. 4, 132 (v. keen-scented). hence fig., to have a keen s., sagaciter odorari, Hor. Epod. 12, 4, opp. naris obesae, fig., of dull scent, intelligence, ib. 12, 2: devoid of s., *odoratu, odoris sensu carens (Georg.). not that they had no s., non quia nasus illis nullus erat, Hor. S. 2, 2, 89. II. The act of s.ing: 1. ŏdōrātio, ōnis, f.: the delight of acts of s., delectatio odorationum, Cic. Tusc. 4, 9, 20. 2. ŏdōrātus, ūs, m.: not only is the tasting of them pleasant, but the s. (or s.ing) of them also, eorum jucundus non gustatus solum, sed odoratus etiam, Cic. N. D. 2, 63, § 158. 3. olfactus, ūs, m.: Plin. 21, 21, 89, § 156. III. Scent, odour: 1. ŏdos (or ŏdor), ōris, m.: every s. ascends, omnis o. ad supera fertur, Cic. N. D. 2, 56, 141. Join. a pleasant s., o. suavis et jucundus, Cic. (v. scent, perfume, fragrance): a bad s., o. teter, Caes. (v. stench, stink), or odor, simply, Sall.: Suet.: a strong s. of marigold, gravis o. calthae, Plin. 21, 6, 15, § 28: a herb of a pleasantly strong s., herba o. suaviter gravi, id. 25, 9, 70, § 118: cf. o. jucunde gravi, id. 21, 10, 34, § 60: a pungent s., o. argutus, id. 15, 3, 4, § 18: o. asper, id. 27, 8, 41, § 64. acer o., id. 12, 17, 40, § 80. excitatus o., id. 20, 17, 71, § 182. Phr.: impregnated with a s., (odore) imbutus, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 69: cf. alieno o. infici (based on, alieno sapore infici, Plin. 15, 3, 4, § 17: R. and A.): without s., *odore carens, odore nullo, cui nullus odor est, sine odore esse (Georg.): [For to have, emit a s., v. to smell, B.]: beyond two months it does not retain its s., supra duos menses odor ejus non permanet integer (based on Col. 12, 49, ad fin., where we find sapor instead of odor). 2. nīdor, ōris, m. (κνῖσα, the scent or steam of anything roast, boiled or burnt): let the Penates grow fat, drenched in festal s. (or steam), pinguescant madidi laeto n. Penates, Mart. 7, 27, 5: a foul kind of s. from burnt feather, foedus quidam n. ex adusta pluma, Liv. 38, 7, extr.: Plin. Join: to stand in the s. of the cook-shops, in ganearum n. atque fumo stare, Cic. Pis. 6, 13. 3. spīrĭtus, ūs, m.: (rare in this sense): a sweet s. of perfume, s. unguenti suavis, Lucr. 3, 223: cf. s. florum naribus haustus, Gell. 9, 4, post med.: a foul s., s. foedi odoris, Cels. 5, 26, 31, fin. 4. hālĭtus, ūs, m.: v. fume (subs. I.). 5. ănhēlĭtus, ūs, m. (of spirit, wine, etc.): s. (or fumes) of wine, vini a., Cic. post Red. 7, 16. [In the same sense, anima is used: the s. of wine, a. amphorae, Phaedr. 3, 1, 5]: v. fume (subs.). 6. aura (poet.): a sweet s., (or odour), dulcis a., Virg. G. 4, 417: cf. si tantum notas odor attulit auras, ib. 3, 251: the savoury s.s from the sheepfolds, pingues ab ovilibus aurae, Stat. Th. 10, 46. 7. grăveŏlentia (a rank s.): rank s. of the arm-pits, g. alarum, Plin. 22, 22, 43, § 87. Phr.: pleasant s.s given off from flowers, suavitas odorum qui e floribus afflantur, Cic. Sen. 17, 59: one kind of saffron has no s., the other has, unum (genus croci) hebes, alterum odoratum, Plin. 21, 11, 39, § 67.
SMELL Copy link • SMELL 1. s. Sense of smelling, odoratio: odoratus (☞ olfactus, both for odoratus and for odor, is not found in classicalprose). Scent, odor (general term): nidor (κνίσσα, of roast flesh and fat things prepared on the fire): anhelitus (of spirits). A bad smell, odor malus or teter; odor foetidus; foetor (a stench): a pleasant or agreeable smell, odor suavis; suavitas odoris: a strong, penetrating smell, odor gravis: to take a smell, odore imbui (Vid: Hor., Ep., 1, 2, 69: ☞ odorem ducere or ad se ducere is not Latin); alieno odore infici (after Plin., 15, 3, 4): to have or emit a smell, odorem habere, praestare, emittere (☞ poetical, spargere, spirare, diffundere): to have or emit a good, agreeable smell, bene or jucunde olere; a bad, disagreeable smell, male olere, foetere: to have the smell of anything, olere or redolere aliquid: a thing loses its smell, alicujus rei odor non permanet integer (after Col., 10, 49, 3): without smell, that has no smell, *odoratu or odoris sensu carens (that has not the sense of smell); odore carens, ex aliqua re odor non afflatur or odores non afflantur (that yields no smell). 2. v. Transitively, olfacere: olfactare (to smell anything; olfactare also = to try or examine by smelling): odorari (to try or examine by smelling): ad nares admovere (to hold to the nose for the purpose of smelling; e.g., fasciculum florum). ImPROP., To smell out anything, quodam odore suspicionis aliquid sentire (Cic.). Intransitively, olere (to have a scent; especially a bad scent): fragrare (to smell sweetly): redolere (to have a strong smell, good or bad): perolere (to have a strong, bad smell). To smell sweetly, bene or jucunde olere (Cic.); suavem odorem reddere (Plin.): the flowers smell sweetly, odores e floribus afflantur: to smell badly, male olere; reddere foetorem.