I.to smell at any thing (ante-class. and post-Aug.).
I. Lit.: “vestimentum,” Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 56: “membrana olfactata,” Plin. 28, 16, 63, § 225 (al. olefacta): “pulei ramum,” id. 20, 14, 54, § 155.—
II. Trop., to smell, snuff, detect, perceive: “boves caelum olfactantes,” Plin. 18, 35, 88, § 364.