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ŏdōrus , a, um, adj. id.,
I.emitting a scent or odor, odorous (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose for odoratus).
I. Lit.
A. Sweet-smelling, fragrant: “flos,” Ov. M. 9, 87: “arbor, i. e. myrrha,” id. A. A. 1, 287: “res,” Varr. L. L. 6, § 83 Müll. dub.—Comp.: “odorius,” Plin. 20, 17, 69, § 177.—Sup.: “nardum Syriacum odorissimum,” Isid. 17, 9, 3.—
B. Ill-smelling, stinking (post-class.): “lumen odorum Sulfure,” Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 324.
II. Transf., that tracks by the smell, keenscented: “odora canum vis (= copia odororum canum),” pack of sharp-scented hounds, Verg. A. 4, 132.
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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    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 9.87
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 4.132
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