odōror ātus, ārī, dep.
odor, to smell at, smell out, scent: cibum, H.—Fig., to aspire to, aim at: hunc decemviratum, to be snuffing after.—To search out, trace out, investigate: pecuniam: tu velim ex Fabio odorere: odorabantur omnia et pervestigabant: quid futurum sit: Polypus an cubet hircus, H.—To get a smattering of: philosophiam, Ta.