smell
smell
v. trans.
Perceive by smell: P. and V. ὀσφραίνεσθαι (gen. or absol.) (Eur. Cycl.).
V. intrans. Emit smell: P. and V. ὄζειν.
Smell of: Ar. and P. ὄζειν (gen.).Smell out: see scent out.
v. trans.
Perceive by smell: P. and V. ὀσφραίνεσθαι (gen. or absol.) (Eur. Cycl.).
V. intrans. Emit smell: P. and V. ὄζειν.
Smell of: Ar. and P. ὄζειν (gen.).Smell out: see scent out.
smell
subs.
Sense of smell: P. ὄσφρησις, ἡ.
Odour: P. and V. ὀσμή, ἡ.
Foul smell: V. δῠσοσμία, ἡ.
With keen sense of smell, adj.: V. εὐρί̄ς.
subs.
Sense of smell: P. ὄσφρησις, ἡ.
Odour: P. and V. ὀσμή, ἡ.
Foul smell: V. δῠσοσμία, ἡ.
With keen sense of smell, adj.: V. εὐρί̄ς.
SMELL
s. Sense of smelling odoratio: odoratus (☞ olfactus both for odoratus and for odor is not found in classicalprose).
Scent odor (general term): nidor (κνίσσα of roast flesh and fat things prepared on the fire): anhelitus (of spirits). A bad smell odor malus or teter; odor foetidus; foetor (a stench): a pleasant or agreeable smell odor suavis; suavitas odoris: a strong penetrating smell odor gravis: to take a smell odore imbui (Vid: Hor. Ep. 1 2 69: ☞ odorem ducere or ad se ducere is not Latin); alieno odore infici (after Plin. 15 3 4): to have or emit a smell odorem habere praestare emittere (☞ poetical spargere spirare diffundere): to have or emit a good agreeable smell bene or jucunde olere; a bad disagreeable smell male olere foetere: to have the smell of anything olere or redolere aliquid: a thing loses its smell alicujus rei odor non permanet integer (after Col. 10 49 3): without smell that has no smell *odoratu or odoris sensu carens (that has not the sense of smell); odore carens ex aliqua re odor non afflatur or odores non afflantur (that yields no smell).
s. Sense of smelling odoratio: odoratus (☞ olfactus both for odoratus and for odor is not found in classicalprose).
Scent odor (general term): nidor (κνίσσα of roast flesh and fat things prepared on the fire): anhelitus (of spirits). A bad smell odor malus or teter; odor foetidus; foetor (a stench): a pleasant or agreeable smell odor suavis; suavitas odoris: a strong penetrating smell odor gravis: to take a smell odore imbui (Vid: Hor. Ep. 1 2 69: ☞ odorem ducere or ad se ducere is not Latin); alieno odore infici (after Plin. 15 3 4): to have or emit a smell odorem habere praestare emittere (☞ poetical spargere spirare diffundere): to have or emit a good agreeable smell bene or jucunde olere; a bad disagreeable smell male olere foetere: to have the smell of anything olere or redolere aliquid: a thing loses its smell alicujus rei odor non permanet integer (after Col. 10 49 3): without smell that has no smell *odoratu or odoris sensu carens (that has not the sense of smell); odore carens ex aliqua re odor non afflatur or odores non afflantur (that yields no smell).
v. Transitively olfacere: olfactare (to smell anything; olfactare also = to try or examine by smelling): odorari (to try or examine by smelling): ad nares admovere (to hold to the nose for the purpose of smelling; e.g. fasciculum florum). ImPROP. To smell out anything quodam odore suspicionis aliquid sentire (Cic.).
Intransitively olere (to have a scent; especially a bad scent): fragrare (to smell sweetly): redolere (to have a strong smell good or bad): perolere (to have a strong bad smell). To smell sweetly bene or jucunde olere (Cic.); suavem odorem reddere (Plin.): the flowers smell sweetly odores e floribus afflantur: to smell badly male olere; reddere foetorem.
Intransitively olere (to have a scent; especially a bad scent): fragrare (to smell sweetly): redolere (to have a strong smell good or bad): perolere (to have a strong bad smell). To smell sweetly bene or jucunde olere (Cic.); suavem odorem reddere (Plin.): the flowers smell sweetly odores e floribus afflantur: to smell badly male olere; reddere foetorem.
smell (v.):
A. Trans.
I. Lit.: To perceive by the nose, smell at, examine by smelling, smell out, detect by smelling:
1. olfăcio, fēci, factum, 3 to s. anything, aliquid o., Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 111.
2. olfacto, 1 to s. at a dress, o. vestimentum, Pl. Men. 1, 2, 56: to s. at a branch of penny-royal, pulegii ramum o., Plin. 20, 14, 54, § 155.
3. ŏdōror, 1 I will go and s. out like a hound, ibo odorans quasi canis venaticus, Pl. Mil. 2, 2, 113: cf. cibum o., Hor. Epod. 6, 10. Join (fig.): indagare et odorari aliquid, Cic. Verr. 2, 54, 135. Phr.: to s. at a nosegay, fasciculum ad nares admovere, Cic. Tusc. 3, 18, 43: cf. ducere naribus tura, Hor. Od. 4, 1, 21.
II. Fig.: olfăcio: or should I not have smelt him out six entire months, before he attempted any such project, aut non sex totis mensibus prius olfecissem quam ille quicquam coeperet, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 42: to s. out money, o. nummum, Cic. Agr. 1, 4, 11. Phr.: to s. out the bribery of Staienus, odore suspicionis Staienum corruptum esse sentire, Cic. Clu. 27, 73: she has smelt your purse, marsupium huic oboluit, Pl. Men. 2, 3, 33: my wife now s.s out my design, subolet hoc jam uxori quod ego machinor, ib. 2, 3, 59: v.TO TRACK OUT , SCENT OUT , DETECT , FIND OUT .
B. Intrans.: to emit a s., or to s. of:
1. ŏleo, ŏlui, 2 (constr. absol. or with acc.: less freq. with abl. of the thing): women seemed to s. well, because they smelt of nothing (i. e. had no perfumes), mulieres ideo bene olere, quia nihil olebant, videbantur, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 1: to s. well, bene olere (v. supr.): jucunde o., Plin. 20, 17, 69, § 177: to s. ill, male o., Plaut.: he s.s of perfumes, olet unguenta, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 37: to s. of sulphur, o. sulphure, Ov. M. 5, 405. Also in fig. sense (v. TO SMACK , B. II. 3: TO BETRAY , II. 3).
2. rĕdŏleo, ui, 2 (like oleo in constr.: lit. and fig.: v.TO SMACK , B. II. 4).
3. ŏbŏleo, 2 (to s. strong, stink): you s. of garlic, oboluisti allium, Pl. Most. 1, 1, 38: v.TO STINK .
4. pĕrŏleo, 2 (to emit a penetrating odour): Lucr. 6, 1153.
5. fragro, 1 (usu. with abl. of the thing): you always s. of casia and cinnamon, semper casiaque cinnamoque fragras, Mart. 6, 55, 1, and pass. Also of unpleasant odours: that you may not s. offensively of yesterday's wine, ne gravis hesterno fragres vino, id. 1, 87, 1: but gen. found in pres. part.: v.SMELLING (adj.)
6. hālo, 1: v.TO EXHALE (2), FRAGRANCE .
7. spīro, 1: whether the cinnamon s. flat, seu spirent cinnama surdum, Pers. 6, 35: plenty of strong-s.ing savory, graviter spirantis copia thymbrae, Virg. G. 4, 31.
8. săpio, īvi or ii, 3 (rare in this sense) to s. of perfumes, unguenta s.: Plin. 17, 5, 3, § 38 cf. Pl. Ps. 2, 4, 47.
9. expr. by odor with verb: e. g., jactare odorem, Virg. G. 2, 132: spirare o., id. Aen. 1, 407 (404): spargere o., Hor. Od. 2, 15, 7: reddere odorem, Plin. 36, 23, 55 § 177.
10. foeteo, pūteo, 2, etc.: v.TO STINK . Phr.: the scent s.s strong, odor nares opplet, Varr. R. R. 3, 4, extr.: whose breath s.s rank, cui os oleat, Ulp. Dig.: cf. anima foetet, Pl. As. 5, 2, 44.
A. Trans.
I. Lit.: To perceive by the nose, smell at, examine by smelling, smell out, detect by smelling:
1. olfăcio, fēci, factum, 3 to s. anything, aliquid o., Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 111.
2. olfacto, 1 to s. at a dress, o. vestimentum, Pl. Men. 1, 2, 56: to s. at a branch of penny-royal, pulegii ramum o., Plin. 20, 14, 54, § 155.
3. ŏdōror, 1 I will go and s. out like a hound, ibo odorans quasi canis venaticus, Pl. Mil. 2, 2, 113: cf. cibum o., Hor. Epod. 6, 10. Join (fig.): indagare et odorari aliquid, Cic. Verr. 2, 54, 135. Phr.: to s. at a nosegay, fasciculum ad nares admovere, Cic. Tusc. 3, 18, 43: cf. ducere naribus tura, Hor. Od. 4, 1, 21.
II. Fig.: olfăcio: or should I not have smelt him out six entire months, before he attempted any such project, aut non sex totis mensibus prius olfecissem quam ille quicquam coeperet, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 42: to s. out money, o. nummum, Cic. Agr. 1, 4, 11. Phr.: to s. out the bribery of Staienus, odore suspicionis Staienum corruptum esse sentire, Cic. Clu. 27, 73: she has smelt your purse, marsupium huic oboluit, Pl. Men. 2, 3, 33: my wife now s.s out my design, subolet hoc jam uxori quod ego machinor, ib. 2, 3, 59: v.
B. Intrans.: to emit a s., or to s. of:
1. ŏleo, ŏlui, 2 (constr. absol. or with acc.: less freq. with abl. of the thing): women seemed to s. well, because they smelt of nothing (
2. rĕdŏleo, ui, 2 (like oleo in constr.: lit. and fig.: v.
3. ŏbŏleo, 2 (to s. strong, stink): you s. of garlic, oboluisti allium, Pl. Most. 1, 1, 38: v.
4. pĕrŏleo, 2 (to emit a penetrating odour): Lucr. 6, 1153.
5. fragro, 1 (usu. with abl. of the thing): you always s. of casia and cinnamon, semper casiaque cinnamoque fragras, Mart. 6, 55, 1, and pass. Also of unpleasant odours: that you may not s. offensively of yesterday's wine, ne gravis hesterno fragres vino, id. 1, 87, 1: but gen. found in pres. part.: v.
6. hālo, 1: v.
7. spīro, 1: whether the cinnamon s. flat, seu spirent cinnama surdum, Pers. 6, 35: plenty of strong-s.ing savory, graviter spirantis copia thymbrae, Virg. G. 4, 31.
8. săpio, īvi or ii, 3 (rare in this sense) to s. of perfumes, unguenta s.: Plin. 17, 5, 3, § 38 cf. Pl. Ps. 2, 4, 47.
9. expr. by odor with verb: e. g., jactare odorem, Virg. G. 2, 132: spirare o., id. Aen. 1, 407 (404): spargere o., Hor. Od. 2, 15, 7: reddere odorem, Plin. 36, 23, 55 § 177.
10. foeteo, pūteo, 2, etc.: v.
smell, smelling (subs.):
I. The sense of smell:
1. ŏdōrātus, ūs, m.: there is no need to speak about taste and s., nihil necesse est de gustatu et o. loqui, Cic. Acad. 2, 7, 20: insects have eyes, some even have s., insecta habent oculos, aliqua et o., Plin. 11, 4, 3, § 10.
2. olfactus, ūs, m.: it is plainly evident that fishes have s., piscibus olfactum esse manifeste patet, Plin. 10, 70, 90, § 194. Phr.: keenness of s., sagacitas narium, Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158: also sagacitas canum, simply, Plin. 9, 30, 48, § 92 (v.TO SMELL , A., I., 1.): the keen s. (or scent) of dogs, odora canum vis, Virg. Aen. 4, 132 (v. KEEN-SCENTED ). hence fig., to have a keen s., sagaciter odorari, Hor. Epod. 12, 4, opp. naris obesae, fig., of dull scent, intelligence, ib. 12, 2: devoid of s., *odoratu, odoris sensu carens (Georg.). not that they had no s., non quia nasus illis nullus erat, Hor. S. 2, 2, 89.
II. The act of s.ing:
1. ŏdōrātio, ōnis, f.: the delight of acts of s., delectatio odorationum, Cic. Tusc. 4, 9, 20.
2. ŏdōrātus, ūs, m.: not only is the tasting of them pleasant, but the s. (or s.ing) of them also, eorum jucundus non gustatus solum, sed odoratus etiam, Cic. N. D. 2, 63, § 158.
3. olfactus, ūs, m.: Plin. 21, 21, 89, § 156.
III. Scent, odour:
1. ŏdos (or ŏdor), ōris, m.: every s. ascends, omnis o. ad supera fertur, Cic. N. D. 2, 56, 141. Join. a pleasant s., o. suavis et jucundus, Cic. (v.SCENT , PERFUME , FRAGRANCE ): a bad s., o. teter, Caes. (v. STENCH , STINK ), or odor, simply, Sall.: Suet.: a strong s. of marigold, gravis o. calthae, Plin. 21, 6, 15, § 28: a herb of a pleasantly strong s., herba o. suaviter gravi, id. 25, 9, 70, § 118: cf. o. jucunde gravi, id. 21, 10, 34, § 60: a pungent s., o. argutus, id. 15, 3, 4, § 18: o. asper, id. 27, 8, 41, § 64. acer o., id. 12, 17, 40, § 80. excitatus o., id. 20, 17, 71, § 182. Phr.: impregnated with a s., (odore) imbutus, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 69: cf. alieno o. infici (based on, alieno sapore infici, Plin. 15, 3, 4, § 17: R. and A.): without s., *odore carens, odore nullo, cui nullus odor est, sine odore esse (Georg.): [For to have, emit a s., v. TO SMELL , B.]: beyond two months it does not retain its s., supra duos menses odor ejus non permanet integer (based on Col. 12, 49, ad fin., where we find sapor instead of odor).
2. nīdor, ōris, m. (κνῖσα, the scentor steam of anything roast, boiled or burnt): let the Penates grow fat, drenched in festal s. (or steam), pinguescant madidi laeto n. Penates, Mart. 7, 27, 5: a foul kind of s. from burnt feather, foedus quidam n. ex adusta pluma, Liv. 38, 7, extr.: Plin. Join: to stand in the s. of the cook-shops, in ganearum n. atque fumo stare, Cic. Pis. 6, 13.
3. spīrĭtus, ūs, m.: (rare in this sense): a sweet s. of perfume, s. unguenti suavis, Lucr. 3, 223: cf. s. florum naribus haustus, Gell. 9, 4, post med.: a foul s., s. foedi odoris, Cels. 5, 26, 31, fin.
4. hālĭtus, ūs, m.: v.FUME (subs. I.).
5. ănhēlĭtus, ūs, m. (of spirit, wine, etc.): s. (or fumes) of wine, vini a., Cic. post Red. 7, 16. [In the same sense, anima is used: the s. of wine, a. amphorae, Phaedr. 3, 1, 5]: v. FUME (subs.).
6. aura (poet.): a sweet s., (or odour), dulcis a., Virg. G. 4, 417: cf. si tantum notas odor attulit auras, ib. 3, 251: the savoury s.s from the sheepfolds, pingues ab ovilibus aurae, Stat. Th. 10, 46.
7. grăveŏlentia (a rank s.): rank s. of the arm-pits, g. alarum, Plin. 22, 22, 43, § 87. Phr.: pleasant s.s given off from flowers, suavitas odorum qui e floribus afflantur, Cic. Sen. 17, 59: one kind of saffron has no s., the other has, unum (genus croci) hebes, alterum odoratum, Plin. 21, 11, 39, § 67.
I. The sense of smell:
1. ŏdōrātus, ūs, m.: there is no need to speak about taste and s., nihil necesse est de gustatu et o. loqui, Cic. Acad. 2, 7, 20: insects have eyes, some even have s., insecta habent oculos, aliqua et o., Plin. 11, 4, 3, § 10.
2. olfactus, ūs, m.: it is plainly evident that fishes have s., piscibus olfactum esse manifeste patet, Plin. 10, 70, 90, § 194. Phr.: keenness of s., sagacitas narium, Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158: also sagacitas canum, simply, Plin. 9, 30, 48, § 92 (v.
II. The act of s.ing:
1. ŏdōrātio, ōnis, f.: the delight of acts of s., delectatio odorationum, Cic. Tusc. 4, 9, 20.
2. ŏdōrātus, ūs, m.: not only is the tasting of them pleasant, but the s. (
3. olfactus, ūs, m.: Plin. 21, 21, 89, § 156.
III. Scent, odour:
1. ŏdos (or ŏdor), ōris, m.: every s. ascends, omnis o. ad supera fertur, Cic. N. D. 2, 56, 141. Join. a pleasant s., o. suavis et jucundus, Cic. (v.
2. nīdor, ōris, m. (κνῖσα, the scent
3. spīrĭtus, ūs, m.: (rare in this sense): a sweet s. of perfume, s. unguenti suavis, Lucr. 3, 223: cf. s. florum naribus haustus, Gell. 9, 4, post med.: a foul s., s. foedi odoris, Cels. 5, 26, 31, fin.
4. hālĭtus, ūs, m.: v.
5. ănhēlĭtus, ūs, m. (of spirit, wine, etc.): s. (
6. aura (poet.): a sweet s., (
7. grăveŏlentia (a rank s.): rank s. of the arm-pits, g. alarum, Plin. 22, 22, 43, § 87. Phr.: pleasant s.s given off from flowers, suavitas odorum qui e floribus afflantur, Cic. Sen. 17, 59: one kind of saffron has no s., the other has, unum (genus croci) hebes, alterum odoratum, Plin. 21, 11, 39, § 67.
ὀσμή
a smell, scent, odour
ὄζω
to smell
κνῖσα
smell of burnt sacrifice; (its source) fat caul
stink, noisome smell
γράσος
smell of a goat
δυσοσμία
an ill smell, ill savour
εὐωδία
a sweet smell
κακοσμία
a bad smell
κατοσφραίνομαι
smell
κινάβρα
the rank smell of a he-goat
συνεξόζω
smell of a thing besides
συνόζω
smell
ἐξόζω
to smell
ὀδμή
smell, fragrance
ὀδωδή
smell, scent
ὀποκαλπαθίζω
smell of ὀποκάλπασον
ὀσφραίνομαι
to catch scent of, smell, scent, track
ὄσμησις
a smell
ὄσφρησις
the sense of smell, smell
ῥητινίζω
to be resinous, smell
a smell, scent, odour
ὄζω
to smell
κνῖσα
smell of burnt sacrifice; (its source) fat caul
appearing fewer than 50 times
βρῶμος2stink, noisome smell
γράσος
smell of a goat
δυσοσμία
an ill smell, ill savour
εὐωδία
a sweet smell
κακοσμία
a bad smell
κατοσφραίνομαι
smell
κινάβρα
the rank smell of a he-goat
συνεξόζω
smell of a thing besides
συνόζω
smell
ἐξόζω
to smell
ὀδμή
smell, fragrance
ὀδωδή
smell, scent
ὀποκαλπαθίζω
smell of ὀποκάλπασον
ὀσφραίνομαι
to catch scent of, smell, scent, track
ὄσμησις
a smell
ὄσφρησις
the sense of smell, smell
ῥητινίζω
to be resinous, smell