odorus

Latin

Etymology

odor (“smell”) +‎ -us (adjective-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /oˈdoː.rus/, [ɔˈd̪oːrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈdo.rus/, [oˈd̪ɔːrus]

Adjective

odōrus (feminine odōra, neuter odōrum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (chiefly poetic) odorous

   Synonyms: fragrans, olens

   Antonym: inodorus

2. (literary) sweet-smelling, fragrant

   Synonyms: beneodorus, fragrans, olens

3. (literary) foul-smelling, smelly, stinking

   Synonym: olens

4. That tracks by the smell
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.132:

     [...] Massȳlīque ruunt equitēs et odōra canum vīs.

     [As the hunting party gets underway,] out rush Massylian horsemen and potent scent-tracking hounds.
     (The “vis” may be understood as dogs who are eager, hardy, or “potent” in their scent-sniffing abilities, or perhaps the potent scents of the prey. An alternate phrasing: “hounds keen-nosed for the scents [of prey].” A literal translation, understanding “canum” as a genetive plural: “the strong scent-tracking of the dogs.”)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	odōrus	odōra	odōrum		odōrī	odōrae	odōra
genitive	odōrī	odōrae	odōrī		odōrōrum	odōrārum	odōrōrum
dative	odōrō	odōrae	odōrō		odōrīs
accusative	odōrum	odōram	odōrum		odōrōs	odōrās	odōra
ablative	odōrō	odōrā	odōrō		odōrīs
vocative	odōre	odōra	odōrum		odōrī	odōrae	odōra

Derived terms

• beneodōrus
• inodōrus

 

References

• “odorus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• odorus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.