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odōs ōris, m

2 OD-, a smell, scent, odor: omnis odor ad supera fertur: odorem avide trahere naribus, Ph.: florum.—A pleasant odor, perfume, perfumery, essences, spices: odore capi: ara fumat odore, incense, H.: croceos odores mittit, V.: Perfusus liquidis odoribus, balsams, H.A disagreeable smell, stench, stink: odos locum mutare subegerat, S.: ingratos odores, O.: taeter, Cs.: odoris foeditas: Volvitur ater odor tectis, black and stifling vapor, V.—Fig., a scent, inkling, hint, presentiment, suggestion: odor suspicionis: hominum furta odore persequi: est non nullus odor dictaturae: lucri bonus est odor, L.: urbanitatis, a tincture.

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