olfactory

OLFACTORY

narium (generally plur.); ad nares pertinens (☞ not olfactorius; but Plin. has olfactorium a nosegay).

olfactory: expr. by olfăcio, 3 (to smell); olfactus, ūs (the sense of smell); or nāres, ium, f. (the nostrils, "olf. organ"): to have very keen o. nerves, sagacissime olfacere, Plin. 11, 37, 50: the o. nerves, *nervi qui ad olfactum adhibentur. (No such word as olfactorius.)