odoro
Τῶν δυστυχούντων εὐτυχὴς οὐδεὶς φίλος → Felix amicus nullus infelicibus → für die im Unglück ist kein Glücklicher ein Freund
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ŏdōro: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. odor,
I to give a smell or fragrance to, to perfume a thing (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.: oleo, fragro): odorant aëra fumis, Ov. M. 15, 734: mella, Col. 9, 4, 4: caelum sulfure, Avien. Arat. 1430.—Hence, ŏdōrātus, a, um, P. a., that has a smell, that emits an odor; esp., sweet-smelling, fragrant: quid tibi odorato referam sudantia ligno Balsama? Verg. G. 2, 119: cedrus, id. A. 7, 13: pabula, Col. 8, 17, 1: capilli, Hor. C. 3, 20, 14: comae, Ov. A. A. 2, 734: nectare odorato spargit corpus, id. M. 4, 250: odoratis ignibus, id. ib. 15, 574: Indi, in whose country sweetsmelling spices grow, Sil. 17, 658: Armenii, Tib. 1, 5, 36: dux, the prince of the Parthians or Assyrians, who border on Arabia, Prop. 4 (5), 3, 64.—Comp.: vina mustis odoratiora, Plin. 21, 7, 18, § 35.—Sup.: odoratissimi flores, Plin. 28, 8, 28, § 108.
