fragro
Νέµουσι δ' οἴκους καὶ τὰ ναυστολούµενα ἔσω δόµων σῴζουσιν, οὐδ' ἐρηµίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος → They manage households, and save what is brought by sea within the home, and no house deprived of a woman can be tidy and prosperous
Latin > English
fragro fragrare, fragravi, fragratus V :: smell strongly
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
frāgro: (collat. form fraglo, Dracont. Carm. 10, 287), āvi, 1, v. n. Sanscr. dhraj-, breathe, etc.; hence frāga; cf. flare, to blow,
I to emit a smell, to smell (of both good and bad odors), to emit fragrance, to reek (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; esp. freq. in the part. pres.).
I Of a pleasant odor.
(a) In the verb. finit.: quod semper casiaque cinnamoque Fragras, Mart. 6, 55, 3: fragravit ore, quod rosarium Paesti, id. 5, 37, 9: et multa fragrat testa senibus auctumnis, id. 3, 58, 7: gemma vinum fragrat, Sol. 37 fin.—
(b) In the part. pres.: redolentque thymo fragrantia mella, Verg. G. 4, 169; id. A 1, 436: cubile sertis ac Syrio olivo, Cat. 6, 8: domus Assyrio odore, id. 68, 144: adolescentulus unguento, Suet. Vesp. 8: Venus balsama, App. M. 6, p. 177, 30: amomum, Sil. 15, 117.—
II Of an unpleasant smell: fragrat acerbus odor, Val. Fl. 4, 493: ne gravis hesterno fragres, Fescennia, vino, Mart. 1, 88, 1.—Hence, frāgrans, antis, P. a., sweet - scented, fragrant: fragrantissimum unguentum, App. M. 10, p. 249, 4: fragrantissimus spiritus, Mart. Cap. 1, § 85.—Adv.: frāgranter, fragrantly: crocum Ciliciae spirat fragrantius, Sol. 38, § 6.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
fragrō,¹⁴ āre, intr., exhaler fortement une odeur : [une odeur suave sentir bon : Catul. 6, 8 ; Virg. G. 4, 169 ; Suet. Vesp. 8 || [une mauv. odeur] : Val. Flacc. 4, 493 || [avec acc.] vinum fragrare Sol. 37, fin, avoir l’odeur du vin.
Latin > German (Georges)
fragro (Nbf. fraglo), āre (zu ahd. bracko, Spürhund, mhd. braehen, riechen), von od. nach etw. stark riechen, duften, odore Assyrio, Catull.: unguento, Sall.: fragrantes thymo colles, Ps. Quint. decl.: suaviter flagrat unguentum, Augustin. – u. m. Acc. vinum, Solin.: bonum odorem, Ambros.: balsama, cinnama, Apul. Vgl. fragrans.
