vto emit scent, diffuse odor, smell of, be redolent of:
redolent murrae, O.: redolent thymo
fragrantia mella, V.: vinum redolens,
smelling of wine: Illa tuas redolent medicamina mensas,
O.—Fig., to exhale, breathe, reach the senses: mihi ex
illius orationibus redolere ipsae Athenae videntur, i. e. have a true
Athenian flavor: ut multa eius sermonis indicia redolerent: orationes
redolentes antiquitatem, savor of: nihil illa vicinitas
redolet? suggests.
Lewis, Charlton, T. An Elementary Latin Dictionary. New York, Cincinnati, and Chicago. American Book Company. 1890.
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