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• 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.

• 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.)

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