I.to give a smell or fragrance to, to perfume a thing (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.: “oleo, fragro): odorant aëra fumis,” Ov. M. 15, 734: “mella,” Col. 9, 4, 4: “caelum sulfure,” Avien. Arat. 1430.—Hence, ŏdōrātus , a, um, P. a., that has a smell, that emits an odor; esp., sweet-smelling, fragrant: “quid tibi odorato referam sudantia ligno Balsama?” Verg. G. 2, 119: “cedrus,” id. A. 7, 13: “pabula,” Col. 8, 17, 1: “capilli,” Hor. C. 3, 20, 14: “comae,” Ov. A. A. 2, 734: “nectare odorato spargit corpus,” id. M. 4, 250: “odoratis ignibus,” id. ib. 15, 574: “Indi,” in whose country sweetsmelling spices grow, Sil. 17, 658: “Armenii,” Tib. 1, 5, 36: dux, the prince of the Parthians or Assyrians, who border on Arabia, Prop. 4 (5), 3, 64.—Comp.: “vina mustis odoratiora,” Plin. 21, 7, 18, § 35.—Sup.: “odoratissimi flores,” Plin. 28, 8, 28, § 108.
ŏdōro , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. odor,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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