I.a smelling, smell.
I. Lit. (class.), eorum jucundus non gustatus solum. sed odoratus etiam, et spectatus, Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158.—
II. Transf.
A. The sense of smell: “nihil necesse est de gustatu et odoratu loqui,” Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 20: “insecta habent oculos, aliqua et odoratum,” Plin. 11, 4, 3, § 10.—
B. A smell, scent, odor which a thing gives out, Plin. 25, 13, 95, § 151.
