frāgro — Lewis & Short
frāgro (collat. form fraglo, āvi, 1, v. n.Sanscr. dhraj-, breathe, etc.; hence frāga; cf. flare, to blow,
Dracont. Carm. 10, 287),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.